diff --git a/platforms/cpuinfo.go b/platforms/cpuinfo.go
index ffa8970a8..db65a726b 100644
--- a/platforms/cpuinfo.go
+++ b/platforms/cpuinfo.go
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func getCPUInfo(pattern string) (info string, err error) {
 }
 
 func getCPUVariant() string {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		// Windows only supports v7 for ARM32 and v8 for ARM64 and so we can use
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" || runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		// Windows/Darwin only supports v7 for ARM32 and v8 for ARM64 and so we can use
 		// runtime.GOARCH to determine the variants
 		var variant string
 		switch runtime.GOARCH {