diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5222062..ddb90fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(detected_OS),Darwin)
  LIB_EXT := dylib
+ ifeq ("$(shell sysctl -nq hw.optional.arm64)","1")
+  # Building on M1 is still not supported, so in the meantime we crosscompile to amd64
+  CGOFLAGS=CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64
+ endif
 else ifeq ($(detected_OS),Windows)
  LIB_EXT:= dll
  LIBKEYCARD_EXT := dll
@@ -20,6 +24,6 @@ endif
 build-lib:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)/libkeycard
 	@echo "Building static library..."
-	go build -buildmode=c-shared -o $(BUILD)/libkeycard/libkeycard.$(LIB_EXT) .
+	$(CGOFLAGS) go build -buildmode=c-shared -o $(BUILD)/libkeycard/libkeycard.$(LIB_EXT) .
 	@echo "Static library built:"
 	@ls -la $(BUILD)/libkeycard/*