diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index c0f827b7e3..acf6508795 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ (define-public libgpg-error
                         (match (string-take target
                                             (string-index target #\-))
                           ("armhf" "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi")
+                          ("mips64el" "mips-unknown-linux-gnu")
                           (x
                            (string-append x "-unknown-linux-gnu")))))
                    (symlink