diff --git a/scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh b/scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
index 14d5305a2da10..ac0fd09b28af1 100644
--- a/scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ function cmake_install {
   CPU_TARGET="${CPU_TARGET:-avx}"
   COMPILER_FLAGS=$(get_cxx_flags $CPU_TARGET)
 
+  if [ "${CPU_TARGET}" == "arm64" ]; then
+    INSTALL_PREFIX="/opt/homebrew"
+  fi
+
   # CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE is required so that Velox can be built into dynamic libraries \
   cmake -Wno-dev -B"${BINARY_DIR}" \
     -GNinja \