diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/cli.py b/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
index f08656fa94e..69b46c173be 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def archery(ctx, debug, pdb, quiet):
 warn_level_type = click.Choice(["everything", "checkin", "production"],
                                case_sensitive=False)
 
-simd_level = click.Choice(["NONE", "SSE4_2", "AVX2", "AVX512"],
+simd_level = click.Choice(["NONE", "DEFAULT", "SSE4_2", "AVX2", "AVX512"],
                           case_sensitive=True)