diff --git a/.github/actions/build-prqlc/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build-prqlc/action.yaml
index 6d696f320598..3a5a043893cb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-prqlc/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-prqlc/action.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y musl-tools
 
+    - if: inputs.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-musl'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
+        echo 'CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_MUSL_LINKER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' >>"$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo 'RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-lgcc"' >>"$GITHUB_ENV"
+
     - name: cargo build
       uses: richb-hanover/cargo@v1.1.0
       with: