diff --git a/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md b/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33682a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": minor
+---
+
+enforce build for linux/riscv64 platform
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/commands/build.ts b/apps/cli/src/commands/build.ts
index 47a85dcd..cd5d4e0c 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ export default class BuildApplication extends BaseCommand<
         this.debug(
             `building docker image and writing result to ${buildResult}`,
         );
-        const args = ["buildx", "build", "--load", "--iidfile", buildResult];
+        const args = [
+            "buildx",
+            "build",
+            "--load",
+            "--iidfile",
+            buildResult,
+            "--platform",
+            "linux/riscv64",
+        ];
         if (options.target) {
             args.push("--target", options.target);
         }