diff --git a/cmake/system.cmake b/cmake/system.cmake
index bf4c548b9..7ce5b82ab 100644
--- a/cmake/system.cmake
+++ b/cmake/system.cmake
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ if (${TARGET} STREQUAL NEOVERSEV1)
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL ARMV9SME)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=armv9-a+sme -O3")
   endif()
+  if (${TARGET} STREQUAL VORTEXM4)
+      set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=armv8.4-a+sme -O3")
+  endif()
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL A64FX)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "PGI" AND NOT NO_SVE)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -Msve-intrinsics -march=armv8.2-a+sve -mtune=a64fx")