diff --git a/gnuradio.spec b/gnuradio.spec
index a1408d3..d642612 100644
--- a/gnuradio.spec
+++ b/gnuradio.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-# NEON support is by default disabled on ARMv7 (it's a compulsory part of aarch64)
+# NEON support is by default enabled on aarch64 and disabled on other ARMs (it can be overridden)
+%ifarch aarch64
+%bcond_without neon
+%else
 %bcond_with neon
+%endif
 
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@
 
 Name:		gnuradio
 Version:	3.7.10.1
-Release:	2%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
 Summary:	Software defined radio framework
 
 Group:		Applications/Engineering
@@ -211,6 +215,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/gnuradio/examples
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 22 2016 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 3.7.10.1-3
+- Uncoditionally enabled NEON support on aarch64
+
 * Fri Sep 16 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 3.7.10.1-2
 - NEON is compulary part of aarch64 so enable unconditionally on that arch