diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a290cc..eab9ff3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif # windows but MINGW_CHOST not defined
 else
 ifneq ($(YQ2_OSTYPE), Darwin)
 # Normalize some abiguous YQ2_ARCH strings
-YQ2_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/amd64/x86_64/' -e 's/^arm.*/arm/')
+YQ2_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/amd64/x86_64/' -e 's/arm64/aarch64/' -e 's/^arm.*/arm/')
 else
 YQ2_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 endif