diff --git a/check_binary.sh b/check_binary.sh
index 153fca745..abc43b760 100755
--- a/check_binary.sh
+++ b/check_binary.sh
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "$PACKAGE_TYPE" == 'libtorch' ]]; then
   echo "Checking that MKL is available"
   build_and_run_example_cpp check-torch-mkl
-else
+elif [[ "$(uname -m)" != "arm64" ]]; then
   if [[ "$(uname)" != 'Darwin' || "$PACKAGE_TYPE" != *wheel ]]; then
     echo "Checking that MKL is available"
     pushd /tmp