diff --git a/specs/common.anod b/specs/common.anod
index aa6eae4..8684842 100644
--- a/specs/common.anod
+++ b/specs/common.anod
@@ -104,3 +104,7 @@ class Common(Anod):
         if Env().main_options.enable_cleanup:
             rm(self["BUILD_DIR"], recursive=True)
             rm(self["SRC_DIR"], recursive=True)
+
+    @property
+    def host_is_macos_arm(self):
+        return self.env.host.os.name == "darwin" and self.env.host.cpu.name == "aarch64"
diff --git a/specs/gcc.anod b/specs/gcc.anod
index 703e54f..eb8b805 100644
--- a/specs/gcc.anod
+++ b/specs/gcc.anod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class GCC(spec("gh-artifact")):
                 url=(
                     "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-%s/%s"
                     % (self.version, self.tarball)
-                    if self.env.target.cpu.name == "x86_64"
+                    if not self.host_is_macos_arm
                     else
                     "https://github.com/iains/gcc-14-branch/archive/refs/"
                     + "tags/gcc-14.1-darwin-r1.tar.gz"