diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index e2bf69924a..67d3a871df 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   tags:
   - rootpw
   - base
-  when: not (inventory_hostname.startswith('rawhide') or inventory_hostname.startswith('branched') or inventory_hostname.startswith('compose') or inventory_hostname.startswith('build') or inventory_hostname.startswith('arm') or inventory_hostname.startswith('bkernel') or inventory_hostname.startswith('koji01.stg'))
+  when: not (inventory_hostname.startswith('rawhide') or inventory_hostname.startswith('branched') or inventory_hostname.startswith('compose') or inventory_hostname.startswith('build') or inventory_hostname.startswith('arm') or inventory_hostname.startswith('bkernel') or inventory_hostname.startswith('koji01.stg')) or inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64')
 
 - name: add ansible root key
   authorized_key: user=root key="{{ item }}"