diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 367c2fe4..e1abf872 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -10,22 +10,27 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-macos:
-    name: Build on macos
-    runs-on: macos-11
+    name: Build on macOS (x86_64 and aarch64)
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+	- macos-11        # x86_64
+	- macos-13-xlarge # aarch64
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Install build dependencies
       run: |
         brew update
-        brew install automake
+        brew install automake autoconf libtool
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: '8'
         cache: 'maven'
     - name: Build and test the package
-      run: mvn test
+      run: make compile-macosx
     - name: Store the build arctifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 277af45e..01d159ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,22 +2,30 @@ MVN := mvn
 COMPOSE := docker-compose
 VERSION := $(shell xmllint --xpath "/*/*[local-name()='version']/text()" pom.xml)
 
-TARGET_NAR_LINUX_32 := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i386-Linux-gpp-,executable shared)
-TARGET_NAR_LINUX_64 := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-amd64-Linux-gpp-,executable shared)
-TARGET_NAR_MAC_32   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i386-MacOSX-gpp-,executable shared)
-TARGET_NAR_MAC_64   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-x86_64-MacOSX-gpp-,executable shared)
-TARGET_NAR_WIN_32   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i686-w64-mingw32-gpp-,executable shared)
-TARGET_NAR_WIN_64   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-x86_64-w64-mingw32-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_LINUX_32   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i386-Linux-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_LINUX_64   := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-amd64-Linux-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_MAC_32     := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i386-MacOSX-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_MAC_X64    := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-x86_64-MacOSX-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_MAC_ARM64  := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-aarch64-MacOSX-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_WIN_32     := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-i686-w64-mingw32-gpp-,executable shared)
+TARGET_NAR_WIN_64     := $(addprefix target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-x86_64-w64-mingw32-gpp-,executable shared)
 
-all : compile-linux compile-macosx compile-windows
+all : compile-linux compile-windows
+compile-linux : $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_32) $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_64)
+compile-windows : $(TARGET_NAR_WIN_32) $(TARGET_NAR_WIN_64)
+
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+all : compile-macosx
+ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
+compile-macosx : $(TARGET_NAR_MAC_X64)
+else
+compile-macosx : $(TARGET_NAR_MAC_ARM64)
+endif
+endif
 
 clean :
 	$(MVN) clean
 
-compile-linux : $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_32) $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_64)
-compile-macosx : $(TARGET_NAR_MAC_64)
-compile-windows : $(TARGET_NAR_WIN_32) $(TARGET_NAR_WIN_64)
-
 $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_32) :
 	$(COMPOSE) run debian $(MVN) test -Dos.arch=i386
 
@@ -25,12 +33,18 @@ $(TARGET_NAR_LINUX_64) :
 	$(COMPOSE) run debian $(MVN) test
 
 $(TARGET_NAR_MAC_32) :
-	[[ "$$(uname)" == Darwin ]]
+	[[ "$$(uname -s)" == Darwin ]]
 	$(MVN) test -Dos.arch=i386
 
-$(TARGET_NAR_MAC_64) :
-	[[ "$$(uname)" == Darwin && "$$(uname -m)" == x86_64 ]]
+$(TARGET_NAR_MAC_X64) :
+	[[ "$$(uname -s)" == Darwin && "$$(uname -m)" == x86_64 ]]
+	$(MVN) test
+
+$(TARGET_NAR_MAC_ARM64) :
+	[[ "$$(uname)" == Darwin && "$$(uname -m)" == arm64 ]]
 	$(MVN) test
+	cp target/nar/gnu/aarch64-MacOSX-gpp/target/lib/liblouis.dylib \
+	   target/nar/louis-$(VERSION)-aarch64-MacOSX-gpp-shared/lib/aarch64-MacOSX-gpp/shared/
 
 $(TARGET_NAR_WIN_32) :
 	$(COMPOSE) run debian $(MVN) test -Pcross-compile -Dhost.os=w64-mingw32 -Dos.arch=i686
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50d2ca35..ca4228e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.liblouis</groupId>
 	<artifactId>louis</artifactId>
-	<version>3.27.0-p1</version>
+	<version>3.27.0-p2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>nar</packaging>
 	<name>liblouis-nar</name>
 	<description>liblouis packaged in a NAR (Native ARchive).</description>
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 							<type>shared</type>
 						</library>
 					</libraries>
+					<linker>
+						<name>g++</name>
+					</linker>
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<!--