diff --git a/src/corelib/global/global.pri b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
index 9ae1e3a4ae..f162dd95dd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/global.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
@@ -80,13 +80,16 @@ gcc:ltcg {
     SOURCES += $$VERSIONTAGGING_SOURCES
 }
 
-QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE = global/qfloat16.h
+# On AARCH64 the fp16 extension is mandatory, so we don't need the conversion tables.
+!contains(QT_ARCH, "arm64") {
+    QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE = global/qfloat16.h
 
-qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES, qfloat16-tables)
+    qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES, qfloat16-tables)
 
-qfloat16_tables.commands = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
-qfloat16_tables.output = global/qfloat16tables.cpp
-qfloat16_tables.depends = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES
-qfloat16_tables.input = QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE
-qfloat16_tables.variable_out = SOURCES
-QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += qfloat16_tables
+    qfloat16_tables.commands = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
+    qfloat16_tables.output = global/qfloat16tables.cpp
+    qfloat16_tables.depends = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES
+    qfloat16_tables.input = QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE
+    qfloat16_tables.variable_out = SOURCES
+    QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += qfloat16_tables
+}