diff --git a/resources/bin/bal b/resources/bin/bal
index f8b60b5..1339146 100755
--- a/resources/bin/bal
+++ b/resources/bin/bal
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
       then
           $JAVA_COMMAND -jar $CURRENT_PATH/../lib/ballerina-command-@version@.jar build
       else
+          if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]
+          then
+              # If it's macOS, set an environmental variable for architecture
+              export BALLERINA_MAC_ARCHITECTURE=$(uname -m)
+          fi
           $JAVA_COMMAND -jar $CURRENT_PATH/../lib/ballerina-command-@version@.jar "$@"
           EXIT_CODE=$?
       fi
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
index 89e4c9f..380b28f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
@@ -287,13 +287,12 @@ private static boolean isSolaris() {
         return OS.contains("sunos");
     }
 
-    private static boolean  isArmArchitecture() {
+    private static boolean isArmArchitecture() {
         try {
-            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("uname -m");
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
-            String architecture = reader.readLine();
-            return architecture.contains("arm");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+            String macArchitecture = System.getenv("BALLERINA_MAC_ARCHITECTURE");
+
+            return macArchitecture != null && macArchitecture.equals("arm64");
+        } catch (SecurityException e) {
             return false;
         }
     }