diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 41522b51..92bdc6b7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -177,10 +177,15 @@
         type = "app";
         program = ''${tailwind-watcher}/bin/run'';
       };
-      vm = {
+      vm = let
+        system =
+          if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64
+          then "aarch64"
+          else "x86_64";
+      in {
         type = "app";
         program = toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "vm" ''
-          ${pkgs.nixos-shell}/bin/nixos-shell --flake .#vm
+          ${pkgs.nixos-shell}/bin/nixos-shell --flake .#vm-${system}
         '');
       };
       gomod2nix = {
@@ -218,6 +223,13 @@
 
       services.tangled-spindle.package = lib.mkDefault self.packages.${pkgs.system}.spindle;
     };
-    nixosConfigurations.vm = import ./nix/vm.nix {inherit self nixpkgs;};
+    nixosConfigurations.vm-x86_64 = import ./nix/vm.nix {
+      inherit self nixpkgs;
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+    };
+    nixosConfigurations.vm-aarch64 = import ./nix/vm.nix {
+      inherit self nixpkgs;
+      system = "aarch64-linux";
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix/vm.nix b/nix/vm.nix
index 41ff743c..07498b01 100644
--- a/nix/vm.nix
+++ b/nix/vm.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   nixpkgs,
+  system,
   self,
 }:
 nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-  system = "x86_64-linux";
+  inherit system;
   modules = [
     self.nixosModules.knot
     self.nixosModules.spindle