diff --git a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/UserPreferences.java b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/UserPreferences.java
index 1cfeb5cbae..161f147f34 100644
--- a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/UserPreferences.java
+++ b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/UserPreferences.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.NativeLibrary;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 
 /**
@@ -39,7 +40,11 @@ public final class UserPreferences
 		SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
 
 		// Add the settings.
-		editor.putString("cpuCorePref",   getConfig("Dolphin.ini", "Core", "CPUCore", "3"));
+		if (Build.CPU_ABI.contains("arm64"))
+			editor.putString("cpuCorePref",   getConfig("Dolphin.ini", "Core", "CPUCore", "4"));
+		else
+			editor.putString("cpuCorePref",   getConfig("Dolphin.ini", "Core", "CPUCore", "3"));
+
 		editor.putBoolean("dualCorePref", getConfig("Dolphin.ini", "Core", "CPUThread", "False").equals("True"));
 		editor.putBoolean("fastmemPref", getConfig("Dolphin.ini", "Core", "Fastmem", "False").equals("True"));
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index 1ad45b2083..b2af3599d3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ void SConfig::LoadCoreSettings(IniFile& ini)
 	core->Get("CPUCore",      &m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore, SCoreStartupParameter::CORE_JIT64);
 #elif _M_ARM_32
 	core->Get("CPUCore",      &m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore, SCoreStartupParameter::CORE_JITARM);
+#elif _M_ARM_64
+	core->Get("CPUCore",      &m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore, SCoreStartupParameter::CORE_JITARM64);
 #else
 	core->Get("CPUCore",      &m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore, SCoreStartupParameter::CORE_INTERPRETER);
 #endif