diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 117b48a421..432e40a592 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ LIBGD
 libc_cv_cc_loop_to_function
 libc_cv_cc_submachine
 libc_cv_cc_nofma
-libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2
+libc_cv_mtls_descriptor
 libc_cv_has_glob_dat
 libc_cv_fpie
 libc_cv_z_execstack
@@ -4760,6 +4760,9 @@ libc_config_ok=no
 # whether to use such directories.
 with_fp_cond=1
 
+# A preconfigure script may define another name to TLS descriptor variant
+mtls_descriptor=gnu2
+
 if frags=`ls -d $srcdir/sysdeps/*/preconfigure 2> /dev/null`
 then
   { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for sysdeps preconfigure fragments" >&5
@@ -7006,9 +7009,9 @@ fi
 printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_has_glob_dat" >&6; }
 
 
-{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for -mtls-dialect=gnu2" >&5
-printf %s "checking for -mtls-dialect=gnu2... " >&6; }
-if test ${libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2+y}
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for tls descriptor support" >&5
+printf %s "checking for tls descriptor support... " >&6; }
+if test ${libc_cv_mtls_descriptor+y}
 then :
   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
 else $as_nop
@@ -7019,7 +7022,7 @@ void foo (void)
   i = 10;
 }
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -fPIC -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -nostdlib -nostartfiles
+if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -fPIC -mtls-dialect=$mtls_descriptor -nostdlib -nostartfiles
 		   -shared conftest.c -o conftest 1>&5'
   { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -7027,17 +7030,17 @@ if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -fPIC -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -nostdlib -nost
   printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; }
 then
-  libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2=yes
+  libc_cv_mtls_descriptor=$mtls_descriptor
 else
-  libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2=no
+  libc_cv_mtls_descriptor=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
 fi
-{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2" >&6; }
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_mtls_descriptor" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_mtls_descriptor" >&6; }
 
 config_vars="$config_vars
-have-mtls-dialect-gnu2 = $libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2"
+have-mtls-descriptor = $libc_cv_mtls_descriptor"
 
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if -Wno-ignored-attributes is required for aliases" >&5
 printf %s "checking if -Wno-ignored-attributes is required for aliases... " >&6; }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 19b88a47a5..bdc385d03c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ libc_config_ok=no
 # whether to use such directories.
 with_fp_cond=1
 
+# A preconfigure script may define another name to TLS descriptor variant
+mtls_descriptor=gnu2
+
 dnl Let sysdeps/*/preconfigure act here.
 LIBC_PRECONFIGURE([$srcdir], [for sysdeps])
 
@@ -1287,7 +1290,7 @@ fi
 rm -f conftest*])
 AC_SUBST(libc_cv_has_glob_dat)
 
-AC_CACHE_CHECK([for -mtls-dialect=gnu2], libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2,
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for tls descriptor support], libc_cv_mtls_descriptor,
 [dnl
 cat > conftest.c <<EOF
 __thread int i;
@@ -1296,16 +1299,16 @@ void foo (void)
   i = 10;
 }
 EOF
-if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -fPIC -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -nostdlib -nostartfiles
+if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -fPIC -mtls-dialect=$mtls_descriptor -nostdlib -nostartfiles
 		   -shared conftest.c -o conftest 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD])
 then
-  libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2=yes
+  libc_cv_mtls_descriptor=$mtls_descriptor
 else
-  libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2=no
+  libc_cv_mtls_descriptor=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest*])
-AC_SUBST(libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2)
-LIBC_CONFIG_VAR([have-mtls-dialect-gnu2], [$libc_cv_mtls_dialect_gnu2])
+AC_SUBST(libc_cv_mtls_descriptor)
+LIBC_CONFIG_VAR([have-mtls-descriptor], [$libc_cv_mtls_descriptor])
 
 dnl clang emits an warning for a double alias redirection, to warn the
 dnl original symbol is sed even when weak definition overrides it.
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 393a27ef2a..4f1903391a 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -1001,13 +1001,13 @@ modules-names-tests = $(filter-out ifuncmod% tst-tlsmod%,\
 # For +depfiles in Makerules.
 extra-test-objs += tst-auditmod17.os
 
-ifeq (yes,$(have-mtls-dialect-gnu2))
+ifneq (no,$(have-mtls-descriptor))
 tests += tst-gnu2-tls1
 modules-names += tst-gnu2-tls1mod
 $(objpfx)tst-gnu2-tls1: $(objpfx)tst-gnu2-tls1mod.so
 tst-gnu2-tls1mod.so-no-z-defs = yes
-CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls1mod.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-endif # $(have-mtls-dialect-gnu2)
+CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls1mod.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+endif # $(have-mtls-descriptor)
 
 ifeq (yes,$(have-protected-data))
 modules-names += tst-protected1moda tst-protected1modb
@@ -2975,11 +2975,11 @@ $(objpfx)tst-tls-allocation-failure-static-patched.out: \
 $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc: $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod1.so \
 			    $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod2.so \
 			    $(shared-thread-library)
-ifeq (yes,$(have-mtls-dialect-gnu2))
+ifneq (no,$(have-mtls-descriptor))
 # The test is valid for all TLS types, but we want to exercise GNU2
 # TLS if possible.
-CFLAGS-tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
+CFLAGS-tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
 endif
 $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc-dlopen: $(shared-thread-library)
 $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc-dlopen.out: $(objpfx)tst-audit-tlsdesc-mod1.so \
@@ -3058,11 +3058,11 @@ $(objpfx)tst-gnu2-tls2.out: \
   $(objpfx)tst-gnu2-tls2mod1.so \
   $(objpfx)tst-gnu2-tls2mod2.so
 
-ifeq (yes,$(have-mtls-dialect-gnu2))
-CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod0.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod0.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
+ifneq (no,$(have-mtls-descriptor))
+CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod0.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-tlsgap-mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod0.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod1.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-gnu2-tls2mod2.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/preconfigure b/sysdeps/aarch64/preconfigure
index d9bd1f8558..19657b627b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/preconfigure
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/preconfigure
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ case "$machine" in
 aarch64*)
 	base_machine=aarch64
 	machine=aarch64
+	mtls_descriptor=desc
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/sysdeps/arm/Makefile b/sysdeps/arm/Makefile
index d5cea717a9..619474eca9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/arm/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/arm/Makefile
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ $(objpfx)libgcc-stubs.a: $(objpfx)aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr1.os
 lib-noranlib: $(objpfx)libgcc-stubs.a
 
 ifeq ($(build-shared),yes)
-ifeq (yes,$(have-mtls-dialect-gnu2))
+ifneq (no,$(have-mtls-descriptor))
 tests += tst-armtlsdescloc tst-armtlsdescextnow tst-armtlsdescextlazy
 modules-names += tst-armtlsdesclocmod
 modules-names += tst-armtlsdescextlazymod tst-armtlsdescextnowmod
 CPPFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextnowmod.c += -Dstatic=
 CPPFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextlazymod.c += -Dstatic=
-CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdesclocmod.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextnowmod.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
-CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextlazymod.c += -mtls-dialect=gnu2
+CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdesclocmod.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextnowmod.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
+CFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextlazymod.c += -mtls-dialect=$(have-mtls-descriptor)
 LDFLAGS-tst-armtlsdescextnowmod.so += -Wl,-z,now
 tst-armtlsdescloc-ENV = LD_BIND_NOW=1
 tst-armtlsdescextnow-ENV = LD_BIND_NOW=1