diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index a56c4a95..bed89c1d 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ depends_dir=$($root_dir/bin/variables.sh depends_dir)
 host=$(${root_dir}/bin/variables.sh host)
 btc_dir="${root_dir}/libbitcoind"
 patch_sha=$($root_dir/bin/variables.sh patch_sha)
+config_lib_dir=$($root_dir/bin/variables.sh config_lib_dir)
 export CPPFLAGS="-I${depends_dir}/${host}/include/boost -I${depends_dir}/${host}/include -L${depends_dir}/${host}/lib"
 echo "Using BTC directory: ${btc_dir}"
 
@@ -153,9 +154,7 @@ apply the current patch from "${root_dir}"/etc/bitcoin.patch? (y/N): "
   echo './autogen.sh'
   ./autogen.sh || exit -1
 
-  boost_libdir="--with-boost-libdir=${depends_dir}/${host}/lib"
-
-  full_options="${options} ${boost_libdir}"
+  full_options="${options} ${config_lib_dir}"
   echo "running the configure script with the following options:\n :::[\"${full_options}\"]:::"
   ${full_options}
 
diff --git a/bin/variables.sh b/bin/variables.sh
index 65cae0b1..8b35e0cf 100755
--- a/bin/variables.sh
+++ b/bin/variables.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 exec 2> /dev/null
-
-root_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/.."
+root_dir="$(cd "$(dirname $0)" && pwd)/.."
+if [ "${root_dir}" == "" ]; then
+  root_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/.."
+fi
 bitcoin_dir="${root_dir}"/libbitcoind
 cache_dir="${root_dir}"/cache
 
-platform=`uname -a | awk '{print tolower($1)}'`
-arch=`uname -m`
-host="${arch}"-"${platform}"
+host=
+compute_host () {
+  platform=`uname -a | awk '{print tolower($1)}'`
+  arch=`uname -m`
+  if [ "${arch:0:3}" == "arm" ]; then
+    host="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+  else
+    host="${arch}"-"${platform}"
+  fi
+}
+
+compute_host
 
 mac_response=
 check_mac_build_system () {
@@ -35,6 +46,13 @@ libsecp256k1="${cache_dir}"/src/secp256k1/.libs/libsecp256k1.a
 ssl="${cache_dir}"/depends/"${host}"/lib/libssl.a
 crypto="${cache_dir}"/depends/"${host}"/lib/libcrypto.a
 
+config_lib_dir=
+if [ "${platform}" == "darwin" ]; then
+  config_lib_dir="--with-boost-libdir=${depends_dir}/${host}/lib"
+else
+  config_lib_dir="--prefix=${depends_dir}/${host}"
+fi
+
 if test x"$1" = x'anl'; then
   if [ "${platform}" != "darwin" ]; then
     echo -n "-lanl"
@@ -129,3 +147,7 @@ fi
 if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'bitcoind'; then
   echo -n "${cache_dir}"/src/.libs/libbitcoind.a
 fi
+
+if test -z "$1" -o x"$1" = x'config_lib_dir'; then
+  echo -n "${config_lib_dir}"
+fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad4cef9c..57eddbb9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
     "linux"
   ],
   "cpu": [
-    "x64"
+    "x64",
+    "arm"
   ],
   "license": "MIT"
 }