diff --git a/profiles/arch/arm64/package.use.force b/profiles/arch/arm64/package.use.force
index 55e8ef0bf878f..98647ea170751 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/arm64/package.use.force
+++ b/profiles/arch/arm64/package.use.force
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# Alfredo Tupone <tupone@gentoo.org> (2026-08-12)
+# Pytorch needs mimalloc on arm64
+>=sci-ml/pytorch-2.13.0 mimalloc
+
 # Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@gmail.com> (2024-04-12)
 # supports 64 bit neon
 media-libs/opencv cpu_flags_arm_neon