diff --git a/bin/linkerd b/bin/linkerd
index 5a7f70af5..94c40f21e 100755
--- a/bin/linkerd
+++ b/bin/linkerd
@@ -10,7 +10,29 @@ system=$(uname -s)
 if [ "$system" = Darwin ]; then
   bin=$rootdir/target/cli/darwin/linkerd
 elif [ "$system" = Linux ]; then
-  bin=$rootdir/target/cli/linux/linkerd
+  arch=$(uname -m)
+  case $arch in
+    x86_64)
+      arch=amd64
+      ;;
+    armv8*)
+      arch=arm64
+      ;;
+    aarch64*)
+      arch=arm64
+      ;;
+    armv*)
+      arch=arm
+      ;;
+    amd64|arm64)
+      arch=$arch
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "unsupported architecture: $arch" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  bin=$rootdir/target/cli/linux-$arch/linkerd
 else
   echo "unknown system: $system" >&2
   exit 1