diff --git a/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml b/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
index f4c1e12fc..f282dd445 100644
--- a/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.126"
 vm-memory = "0.8.0"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")'.dependencies]
 arch = { path = "../arch" }