diff --git a/packages/dev-container/src/electron-node/devcontainer-contributions/main-container-creation-contributions.ts b/packages/dev-container/src/electron-node/devcontainer-contributions/main-container-creation-contributions.ts
index ad0d0d4d265de..8d724cc537847 100644
--- a/packages/dev-container/src/electron-node/devcontainer-contributions/main-container-creation-contributions.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-container/src/electron-node/devcontainer-contributions/main-container-creation-contributions.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export class ImageFileContribution implements ContainerCreationContribution {
     async handleContainerCreation(createOptions: Docker.ContainerCreateOptions, containerConfig: ImageContainer,
         api: Docker, outputprovider: ContainerOutputProvider): Promise<void> {
         if (containerConfig.image) {
-            await new Promise<void>((res, rej) => api.pull(containerConfig.image, {}, (err, stream) => {
+            const platform = process.platform;
+            const arch = process.arch;
+            const options = platform === 'darwin' && arch === 'arm64' ? { platform: 'amd64' } : {};
+            await new Promise<void>((res, rej) => api.pull(containerConfig.image, options, (err, stream) => {
                 if (err) {
                     rej(err);
                 } else {
diff --git a/packages/remote/src/electron-node/setup/remote-setup-service.ts b/packages/remote/src/electron-node/setup/remote-setup-service.ts
index 9ef150807d985..2fe643c26d843 100644
--- a/packages/remote/src/electron-node/setup/remote-setup-service.ts
+++ b/packages/remote/src/electron-node/setup/remote-setup-service.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ export class RemoteSetupService {
                 arch = 'x64';
             } else if (archResult.match(/i\d83/)) { // i386, i483, i683
                 arch = 'x86';
+            } else if (archResult.includes('aarch64')) {
+                arch = 'arm64';
             } else {
                 arch = archResult.trim();
             }