diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 5e014bf7a75..743101c9ea4 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ valid_mips_fpu = ('fp32', 'fp64', 'fpxx')
 valid_mips_float_abi = ('soft', 'hard')
 valid_intl_modes = ('none', 'small-icu', 'full-icu', 'system-icu')
 icu_versions = json.loads((tools_path / 'icu' / 'icu_versions.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
+maglev_enabled_architectures = ('x64', 'arm', 'arm64')
 
 shareable_builtins = {'cjs_module_lexer/lexer': 'deps/cjs-module-lexer/lexer.js',
                      'cjs_module_lexer/dist/lexer': 'deps/cjs-module-lexer/dist/lexer.js',
@@ -812,11 +813,13 @@ parser.add_argument('--v8-enable-hugepage',
     help='Enable V8 transparent hugepage support. This feature is only '+
          'available on Linux platform.')
 
-parser.add_argument('--v8-enable-maglev',
+maglev_enabled_by_default_help = f"(Maglev is enabled by default on {','.join(maglev_enabled_architectures)})"
+
+parser.add_argument('--v8-disable-maglev',
     action='store_true',
-    dest='v8_enable_maglev',
+    dest='v8_disable_maglev',
     default=None,
-    help='Enable V8 Maglev compiler. Not available on all platforms.')
+    help=f"Disable V8's Maglev compiler. {maglev_enabled_by_default_help}")
 
 parser.add_argument('--v8-enable-short-builtin-calls',
     action='store_true',
@@ -1498,7 +1501,8 @@ def configure_v8(o):
   o['variables']['v8_random_seed'] = 0  # Use a random seed for hash tables.
   o['variables']['v8_promise_internal_field_count'] = 1 # Add internal field to promises for async hooks.
   o['variables']['v8_use_siphash'] = 0 if options.without_siphash else 1
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_maglev'] = 1 if options.v8_enable_maglev else 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_maglev'] = B(not options.v8_disable_maglev and
+                                         o['variables']['target_arch'] in maglev_enabled_architectures)
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression or options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1