diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2010c8..6ae070e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ godeps = *.go go.mod go.sum
 cover_out = cover.out
 cover_html = cover.html
 
+ARCH ?= amd64
+
 all: lint test $(binary)
 
 .PHONY: lint
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ $(cover_html): $(cover_out)
 	go tool cover -html=$(cover_out) -o $(cover_html)
 
 $(binary): $(godeps)
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -buildvcs=false -o $(binary)
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -buildvcs=false -o $(binary)
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/example/Dockerfile b/example/Dockerfile
index 19800c8..f78da8b 100644
--- a/example/Dockerfile
+++ b/example/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ WORKDIR /
 
 # Clone the repository and build the stand-alone nitriding executable.
 RUN git clone https://github.com/brave/nitriding-daemon.git
-RUN make -C nitriding-daemon/ nitriding
+ARG TARGETARCH
+RUN ARCH=${TARGETARCH} make -C nitriding-daemon/ nitriding
 
 # Use the intermediate builder image to add our files.  This is necessary to
 # avoid intermediate layers that contain inconsistent file permissions.
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index d56fb04..437c211 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ image_tag := $(prog):$(version)
 image_tar := $(prog)-$(version)-kaniko.tar
 image_eif := $(image_tar:%.tar=%.eif)
 
+ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
+ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
+	override ARCH=arm64
+endif
+ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
+	override ARCH=amd64
+endif
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: run
 
@@ -13,12 +21,15 @@ image: $(image_tar)
 $(image_tar): Dockerfile service.py start.sh
 	docker run \
 		-v $(PWD):/workspace \
-		gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.9.2 \
+		gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.19.2 \
 		--reproducible \
 		--no-push \
 		--tarPath $(image_tar) \
 		--destination $(image_tag) \
-		--custom-platform linux/amd64
+		--build-arg TARGETPLATFORM=linux/$(ARCH) \
+		--build-arg TARGETOS=linux \
+		--build-arg TARGETARCH=$(ARCH) \
+		--custom-platform linux/$(ARCH)
 
 $(image_eif): $(image_tar)
 	docker load -i $<