diff --git a/Makefile.linux b/Makefile.linux
index b544056f..6a7590c1 100644
--- a/Makefile.linux
+++ b/Makefile.linux
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_AESNI),yes)
 ifeq (, $(findstring arm, $(SYS))$(findstring aarch64, $(SYS))) # no arm and aarch64 in dumpmachine
-	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__
+	NEEDED_CXXFLAGS += -D__AES__ -maes
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/build/CMakeLists.txt b/build/CMakeLists.txt
index 842b88d4..6f9fbae6 100644
--- a/build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ endif()
 # Note: AES-NI and AVX is available on x86-based CPU's.
 # Here also ARM64 implementation, but currently we don't support it.
 if(WITH_AESNI AND (ARCHITECTURE MATCHES "x86_64" OR ARCHITECTURE MATCHES "i386"))
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -maes")
   add_definitions(-D__AES__)
 endif()