diff --git a/lib/std/heap.zig b/lib/std/heap.zig
index 6fbc3d8b75..0d35c98c1c 100644
--- a/lib/std/heap.zig
+++ b/lib/std/heap.zig
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ pub var next_mmap_addr_hint: ?[*]align(page_size_min) u8 = null;
 ///
 /// On many systems, the actual page size can only be determined at runtime
 /// with `pageSize`.
-pub const page_size_min: usize = std.options.page_size_min orelse (page_size_min_default orelse if (builtin.os.tag == .freestanding or builtin.os.tag == .other)
-    @compileError("freestanding/other page_size_min must provided with std.options.page_size_min")
-else
-    @compileError(@tagName(builtin.cpu.arch) ++ "-" ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag) ++ " has unknown page_size_min; populate std.options.page_size_min"));
+pub const page_size_min: usize = std.options.page_size_min orelse page_size_min_default orelse
+    @compileError(@tagName(builtin.cpu.arch) ++ "-" ++ @tagName(builtin.os.tag) ++ " has unknown page_size_min; populate std.options.page_size_min");
 
 /// comptime-known maximum page size of the target.
 ///
@@ -831,8 +829,10 @@ const page_size_min_default: ?usize = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
         .xtensa => 4 << 10,
         else => null,
     },
-    .freestanding => switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
+    .freestanding, .other => switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
         .wasm32, .wasm64 => 64 << 10,
+        .x86, .x86_64 => 4 << 10,
+        .aarch64, .aarch64_be => 4 << 10,
         else => null,
     },
     else => null,