diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test.c
index 8daeb7d7032c..2df26bd0099c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test.c
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ extern void *vdso_sym(const char *version, const char *name);
 extern void vdso_init_from_sysinfo_ehdr(uintptr_t base);
 extern void vdso_init_from_auxv(void *auxv);
 
+/*
+ * ARM64's vDSO exports its gettimeofday() implementation with a different
+ * name and version from other architectures, so we need to handle it as
+ * a special case.
+ */
+#if defined(__aarch64__)
+const char *version = "LINUX_2.6.39";
+const char *name = "__kernel_gettimeofday";
+#else
+const char *version = "LINUX_2.6";
+const char *name = "__vdso_gettimeofday";
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	unsigned long sysinfo_ehdr = getauxval(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR);
@@ -31,10 +44,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Find gettimeofday. */
 	typedef long (*gtod_t)(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz);
-	gtod_t gtod = (gtod_t)vdso_sym("LINUX_2.6", "__vdso_gettimeofday");
+	gtod_t gtod = (gtod_t)vdso_sym(version, name);
 
 	if (!gtod) {
-		printf("Could not find __vdso_gettimeofday\n");
+		printf("Could not find %s\n", name);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		printf("The time is %lld.%06lld\n",
 		       (long long)tv.tv_sec, (long long)tv.tv_usec);
 	} else {
-		printf("__vdso_gettimeofday failed\n");
+		printf("%s failed\n", name);
 	}
 
 	return 0;