diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f5df2fa95f53..f670f0424fa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
           check-latest: true
+      - name: install aarch64-gcc
+        if: matrix.go-arch == 'arm64'
+        run: sudo apt-get install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
       - name: Get rocksdb version
+        if: matrix.go-arch == 'amd64'
         run: ./.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
       - name: Fix permissions for cache
+        if: matrix.go-arch == 'amd64'
         run: sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include
       - name: Restore rocksdb libraries cache
         id: cache-rocksdb
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         ###################
         #### Build App ####
         ###################
-      - name: Build v2
+      - name: Build
         run: GOARCH=${{ matrix.go-arch }} COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS=v2 make build
       - name: Build with rocksdb backend
         if: matrix.go-arch == 'amd64'
diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mk b/scripts/build/build.mk
index e05e253ac7c2..a271e5625c90 100644
--- a/scripts/build/build.mk
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mk
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ ifeq (debug,$(findstring debug,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   BUILD_FLAGS += -gcflags "all=-N -l"
 endif
 
-#? all: Run tools build 
+#? all: Run tools build
 all: build
 
 
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ build-linux-arm64:
 	GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 LEDGER_ENABLED=false $(MAKE) build
 
 $(BUILD_TARGETS): go.sum $(BUILDDIR)/
-	cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/${SIMAPP} && go $@ -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILD_ARGS) ./...
+	cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/${SIMAPP} && \
+	CC=$(shell if [ "$(shell go env GOARCH)" = "arm64" ]; then echo "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"; else echo "gcc"; fi) \
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+	go $@ -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILD_ARGS) ./...
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/