diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
index a813d8f32..be45a4e3a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
+	"os"
 
 	govmmQemu "github.com/kata-containers/govmm/qemu"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/types"
@@ -100,6 +101,35 @@ func (q *qemuArm64) appendImage(ctx context.Context, devices []govmmQemu.Device,
 	return q.appendBlockImage(ctx, devices, path)
 }
 
+// There is no nvdimm/readonly feature in qemu 5.1 which is used by arm64 for now,
+// so we temporarily add this specific implementation for arm64 here until
+// the qemu used by arm64 is capable for that feature
+func (q *qemuArm64) appendNvdimmImage(devices []govmmQemu.Device, path string) ([]govmmQemu.Device, error) {
+        imageFile, err := os.Open(path)
+        if err != nil {
+                return nil, err
+        }
+        defer imageFile.Close()
+
+        imageStat, err := imageFile.Stat()
+        if err != nil {
+                return nil, err
+        }
+
+	object := govmmQemu.Object{
+                Driver:   govmmQemu.NVDIMM,
+                Type:     govmmQemu.MemoryBackendFile,
+                DeviceID: "nv0",
+                ID:       "mem0",
+                MemPath:  path,
+                Size:     (uint64)(imageStat.Size()),
+        }
+
+        devices = append(devices, object)
+
+        return devices, nil
+}
+
 func (q *qemuArm64) setIgnoreSharedMemoryMigrationCaps(_ context.Context, _ *govmmQemu.QMP) error {
 	// x-ignore-shared not support in arm64 for now
 	return nil
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64_test.go
index f89d339de..e421aa79b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64_test.go
@@ -126,10 +126,43 @@ func TestQemuArm64AppendImage(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(expectedOut, devices)
 
-	// restore default supportedQemuMachines options
+	//restore default supportedQemuMachines options
 	assert.Equal(len(supportedQemuMachines), copy(supportedQemuMachines, machinesCopy))
 }
 
+func TestQemuArm64AppendNvdimmImage(t *testing.T) {
+	var devices []govmmQemu.Device
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "img")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	defer func() { _ = f.Close() }()
+	defer func() { _ = os.Remove(f.Name()) }()
+
+	imageStat, err := f.Stat()
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	cfg := qemuConfig(QemuVirt)
+	cfg.ImagePath = f.Name()
+	arm64, err := newQemuArch(cfg)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	expectedOut := []govmmQemu.Device{
+		govmmQemu.Object{
+			Driver:   govmmQemu.NVDIMM,
+			Type:     govmmQemu.MemoryBackendFile,
+			DeviceID: "nv0",
+			ID:       "mem0",
+			MemPath:  f.Name(),
+			Size:     (uint64)(imageStat.Size()),
+		},
+	}
+
+	devices, err = arm64.appendNvdimmImage(devices, f.Name())
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(expectedOut, devices)
+}
+
 func TestQemuArm64WithInitrd(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
index f213bced1..50e528f9d 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+# Currently, Cloud Hypervisor only support arm64 and x86_64
+[ "${ARCH}" != "aarch64" ] && [ "${ARCH}" != "x86_64" ] && exit
+
 script_dir=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
 kata_version="${kata_version:-}"
 
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ build_clh_from_source() {
     popd
 }
 
-if ! pull_clh_released_binary; then
-    info "failed to pull cloud-hypervisor released binary, trying to build from source"
+if [ ${ARCH} == "aarch64" ] || ! pull_clh_released_binary; then
+    info "arch is aarch64 or failed to pull cloud-hypervisor released binary on x86_64, trying to build from source"
     build_clh_from_source
 fi