diff --git a/base/glibc/glibc.conf b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
index b2b6c73fe..9eba41303 100644
--- a/base/glibc/glibc.conf
+++ b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ if [ $SDECFG_PKG_GLIBC_TLS = 1 ]; then
 		# tls config.cache tweaks for toolchain stage
 		if atstage toolchain ; then
 			case "$arch" in
+				mips64)
+					tls_arch=mips
+					;;
 				powerpc)
 					tls_arch=powerpc32
 					var_append configcache ' ' \