diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index dbe6c1e8f6..7d15e992fb 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ else
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_CPU=$(BR2_ARCH)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),y)
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_NEON=ON
+else ifeq ($(BR2_aarch64),y)
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_NEON=ON
+else
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_NEON=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE),y)
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -D_SSE_OK=ON -D_SSE_TRUE=ON
 else