diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 4dc20e7f23..2078db1e7c 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ function upload_image {
         img_property="--property hw_cdrom_bus=scsi"
     fi
 
+    if is_arch "aarch64"; then
+        img_property="--property hw_machine_type=virt --property hw_cdrom_bus=virtio --property os_command_line='console=ttyAMA0'"
+    fi
+
     if [ "$container_format" = "bare" ]; then
         if [ "$unpack" = "zcat" ]; then
             openstack --os-token $token --os-url $GLANCE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT image create "$image_name" $img_property --public --container-format=$container_format --disk-format $disk_format < <(zcat --force "${image}")
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index 4d1eb6cdcb..a6a87f9164 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"
     fi
 
+    # arm64-specific configuration
+    if is_arch "aarch64"; then
+        # arm64 architecture currently does not support graphical consoles.
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"
+    fi
+
     ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION=$(trueorfalse False ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION)
     if [[ "$ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION" = "True" ]] ; then
         # When libguestfs is available for file injection, enable using