diff --git a/runtime/compiler/aarch64/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.hpp b/runtime/compiler/aarch64/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.hpp
index 0da096ef21c..0b0a4e5c00d 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/aarch64/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.hpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/aarch64/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.hpp
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE CodeGenerator : public J9::CodeGenerator
    bool suppressInliningOfRecognizedMethod(TR::RecognizedMethod method);
 
    bool callUsesHelperImplementation(TR::Symbol *sym);
+
+   // See J9::CodeGenerator::guaranteesResolvedDirectDispatchForSVM
+   bool guaranteesResolvedDirectDispatchForSVM() { return true; }
    };
 
 }
diff --git a/runtime/compiler/control/J9Options.cpp b/runtime/compiler/control/J9Options.cpp
index 73e79a3ffa0..578e9714436 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/control/J9Options.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/control/J9Options.cpp
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ J9::Options::fePreProcess(void * base)
       return false;
       }
 
-#if (defined(TR_HOST_X86) || defined(TR_HOST_S390) || defined(TR_HOST_POWER)) && defined(TR_TARGET_64BIT)
+#if (defined(TR_HOST_X86) || defined(TR_HOST_S390) || defined(TR_HOST_POWER) || defined(TR_HOST_ARM64)) && defined(TR_TARGET_64BIT)
    self()->setOption(TR_EnableSymbolValidationManager);
    self()->setOption(TR_DisableSVMDuringStartup);
 #endif