diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index ee06a8b..9e073d5 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ import bin from './index.js';
 		console.info('compiling from source');
 
 		try {
+			let buildFlags = ''
+			if (process.arch === 'arm64') {
+				buildFlags = 'CPPFLAGS="-DPNG_ARM_NEON_OPT=0" '
+			}
+
 			const source = fileURLToPath(new URL('../vendor/source/optipng.tar.gz', import.meta.url));
 			// From https://sourceforge.net/projects/optipng/files/OptiPNG/
 			await binBuild.file(source, [
-				`./configure --with-system-zlib --prefix="${bin.dest()}" --bindir="${bin.dest()}"`,
+				`${buildFlags}./configure --with-system-zlib --prefix="${bin.dest()}" --bindir="${bin.dest()}"`,
 				'make install',
 			]);