diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 8f18568218..917b82b8aa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ DEFDISABLEBLOCK := false
 DEFSHAREDFS_CLH_VIRTIOFS := virtio-fs
 DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS := virtio-fs
 DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(LIBEXECDIR)/kata-qemu/virtiofsd
+ifeq ($(ARCH),amd64)
+DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(LIBEXECDIR)/virtiofsd
+endif
 DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS := [\"$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON)\"]
 # Default DAX mapping cache size in MiB
 #if value is 0, DAX is not enabled