diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/import/import-jitterentropy.mk b/repos/libports/lib/import/import-jitterentropy.mk
index a0b5140527..9fb6b5703b 100644
--- a/repos/libports/lib/import/import-jitterentropy.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/import/import-jitterentropy.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ else ifeq ($(filter-out $(SPECS),arm_v6),)
 	TARGET_CPUARCH=arm_v6
 else ifeq ($(filter-out $(SPECS),arm_v7),)
 	TARGET_CPUARCH=arm_v7
+else ifeq ($(filter-out $(SPECS),arm_v8),)
+	TARGET_CPUARCH=arm_v8
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONTRIB_DIR),)
diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy.mk b/repos/libports/lib/mk/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b3dc833c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/mk/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+INC_DIR += $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/jitterentropy/spec/arm_v8
+
+include $(REP_DIR)/lib/mk/jitterentropy.inc
+
+CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/jitterentropy/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/api/jitterentropy/content.mk
index 0567c222fe..9a355ec0c8 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/api/jitterentropy/content.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/jitterentropy/content.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := lib/mk/jitterentropy.inc \
                        lib/import/import-jitterentropy.mk \
-                       $(foreach SPEC,arm_v6 arm_v7 x86_32 x86_64,\
+                       $(foreach SPEC,arm_v6 arm_v7 arm_v8 x86_32 x86_64,\
                          lib/mk/spec/$(SPEC)/jitterentropy.mk) \
                        src/lib/jitterentropy
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/jitterentropy/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy-base-genode-nstime.h b/repos/libports/src/lib/jitterentropy/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy-base-genode-nstime.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1baa46406f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/jitterentropy/spec/arm_v8/jitterentropy-base-genode-nstime.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Time backend for jitterentropy library
+ * \author Sebastian Sumpf
+ * \date   2014-05-29
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _JITTERENTROPY_ARM_V8__BASE_GENODE_NSTIME_H_
+#define _JITTERENTROPY_ARM_V8__BASE_GENODE_NSTIME_H_
+
+static inline void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out)
+{
+	uint64_t t;
+	/* cycle counter */
+	asm volatile("mrs %0, pmccntr_el0" : "=r" (t));
+	*out = t;
+}
+
+#endif /* _JITTERENTROPY_ARM_V8_BASE_GENODE_NSTIME_H */