diff --git a/rosflight_sim/CMakeLists.txt b/rosflight_sim/CMakeLists.txt
index efa0f9b..6e257a4 100644
--- a/rosflight_sim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rosflight_sim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
 endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
+# Since Gazebo doesn't have an arm64 target, skip this package if 
+# architecture is arm64
+message(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "aarch64")
+  return()
+endif()
+
 find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
 find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)
 find_package(gazebo_dev)