diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b8824fd3..71c49244f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 DOCKER   ?= docker
 MKDIR    ?= mkdir
 TR       ?= tr
+CC       ?= cc
 DIST_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/dist
 
 include $(CURDIR)/common.mk
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ DOCKERFILE_DEVEL ?= "images/devel/Dockerfile"
 DOCKERFILE_CONTEXT ?= "https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-test-infra.git"
 
 GOOS ?= linux
+GOARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's,aarch64,arm64,' -e 's,x86_64,amd64,')
 ifeq ($(VERSION),)
 CLI_VERSION = $(LIB_VERSION)$(if $(LIB_TAG),-$(LIB_TAG))
 else
@@ -53,15 +55,16 @@ cmd-%: COMMAND_BUILD_OPTIONS = -o $(PREFIX)/$(*)
 endif
 cmds: $(CMD_TARGETS)
 $(CMD_TARGETS): cmd-%:
-	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW='-Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files' GOOS=$(GOOS) \
+	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW='-Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files' \
+		CC=$(CC) CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) \
 		go build -ldflags "-s -w -X $(CLI_VERSION_PACKAGE).gitCommit=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X $(CLI_VERSION_PACKAGE).version=$(CLI_VERSION)" $(COMMAND_BUILD_OPTIONS) $(MODULE)/cmd/$(*)
 
 build:
-	GOOS=$(GOOS) go build ./...
+	CC=$(CC) GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go build ./...
 
 examples: $(EXAMPLE_TARGETS)
 $(EXAMPLE_TARGETS): example-%:
-	GOOS=$(GOOS) go build ./examples/$(*)
+	CC=$(CC) GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go build ./examples/$(*)
 
 all: check test build binaries
 check: $(CHECK_TARGETS)
diff --git a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8 b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
index 0f8f76980..c365f1239 100644
--- a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
+++ b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubi8
@@ -16,24 +16,16 @@ ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.1
 ARG CUDA_IMAGE=cuda
 ARG CUDA_VERSION=11.8.0
 ARG BASE_DIST=ubi8
-FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST} as build
+FROM --platform=${TARGETARCH} nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST} as build
 
 RUN yum install -y \
     wget make git gcc \
      && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*
 
+ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=x.x.x
-RUN set -eux; \
-    \
-    arch="$(uname -m)"; \
-    case "${arch##*-}" in \
-        x86_64 | amd64) ARCH='amd64' ;; \
-        ppc64el | ppc64le) ARCH='ppc64le' ;; \
-        aarch64 | arm64) ARCH='arm64' ;; \
-        *) echo "unsupported architecture" ; exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    wget -nv -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz \
+RUN wget -nv -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz \
     | tar -C /usr/local -xz
 
 ENV GOPATH /go
diff --git a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 1d98a2a1f..ea5d58a3b 100644
--- a/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/deployments/container/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -16,24 +16,15 @@ ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.1
 ARG CUDA_IMAGE=cuda
 ARG CUDA_VERSION=11.8.0
 ARG BASE_DIST=ubuntu20.04
-FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST} as build
+FROM --platform=${BUILDOS}/amd64 nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST} as build
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y wget make git gcc \
+    apt-get install -y wget make git gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc \
     && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=x.x.x
-RUN set -eux; \
-    \
-    arch="$(uname -m)"; \
-    case "${arch##*-}" in \
-        x86_64 | amd64) ARCH='amd64' ;; \
-        ppc64el | ppc64le) ARCH='ppc64le' ;; \
-        aarch64 | arm64) ARCH='arm64' ;; \
-        *) echo "unsupported architecture" ; exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    wget -nv -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz \
+RUN wget -nv -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
     | tar -C /usr/local -xz
 
 ENV GOPATH /go
@@ -42,10 +33,16 @@ ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 WORKDIR /build
 COPY . .
 
+ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN mkdir /artifacts
 ARG VERSION="N/A"
 ARG GIT_COMMIT="unknown"
-RUN make PREFIX=/artifacts cmds
+RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
+        cc=gcc; \
+    elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
+        cc=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc; \
+    fi && \
+    make CC=${cc} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} PREFIX=/artifacts cmds
 
 FROM nvidia/${CUDA_IMAGE}:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST}
 
diff --git a/deployments/container/native-only.mk b/deployments/container/native-only.mk
index e998246bd..deff681a8 100644
--- a/deployments/container/native-only.mk
+++ b/deployments/container/native-only.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 PUSH_ON_BUILD ?= false
-DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORM_OPTIONS = --platform=linux/amd64
+ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's,aarch64,arm64,' -e 's,x86_64,amd64,')
+DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORM_OPTIONS = --platform=linux/$(ARCH)
 
 ifeq ($(PUSH_ON_BUILD),true)
 $(BUILD_TARGETS): build-%: image-%