diff --git a/java/openjdk17/Makefile b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
index fc766bdd9b06..2c9eeb501348 100644
--- a/java/openjdk17/Makefile
+++ b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-dtrace
 .if ${ARCH} == powerpc64 && ${OSREL:C/\.[0-9]//} == 12
 EXTRA_PATCHES=		${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-src_hotspot_cpu_ppc_vm__version__ppc.hpp
 .endif
+.if ${ARCH} == aarch64
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-boot-jdk-jvmargs=-XX:-UseCompressedClassPointers
+MAKE_ENV+=		JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-XX:-UseCompressedClassPointers"
+.endif
 
 .if empty(ICONV_LIB)
 ICONV_CFLAGS=	-DLIBICONV_PLUG
@@ -178,6 +182,11 @@ post-patch:
 		-e 's|%%ICONV_LDFLAGS%%|${ICONV_LDFLAGS}|' \
 		-e 's|%%ICONV_LIBS%%|${ICONV_LIBS}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/make/autoconf/libraries.m4
+.if ${ARCH} == aarch64
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
+		-e 's|FLAG_SET_ERGO(UseCompressedClassPointers, true);|FLAG_SET_ERGO(UseCompressedClassPointers, false);|' \
+		${WRKSRC}/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+.endif
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${INSTALLDIR}