diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c53bc3e..7148a40 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ RUN \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.6.1
-RUN wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    && rm dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz
+
+ARG ARCH
+
+ENV ARCH_E ${ARCH}
+
+RUN if [ "$ARCH_E" = "ARM" ] ; then wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && rm dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+	; else wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && rm dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz ; fi
 
 WORKDIR /opt/cartesi
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33e88f7..eea0942 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,28 @@ or using the http address:
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/cartesi/descartes.git
 ```
 
+### Building
+
+To build the Docker image, use the following command
+
+```shell
+docker build . -t cartesi/descartes
+```
+
+#### Building for ARM
+
+To build the Docker image for ARM, use the following argument to specify an ARM build
+
+```shell
+docker build --build-arg ARCH=ARM . -t cartesi/descartes
+```
+
+
+
 ### Running
 
 To run execute:
 ```
-% docker build . -t cartesi/descartes
 % yarn
 % rm deploy_done
 % jinja2 -D num_players=2 docker-compose-template.yml | docker-compose -f - up --build
diff --git a/deployer/Dockerfile b/deployer/Dockerfile
index f612496..8d1dd10 100644
--- a/deployer/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:12-alpine
+FROM node:14.15-alpine3.12
 
 # install dockerize, as we need to wait on ganache to be responding
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     py-pip
 
 ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.6.1
-RUN wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    && rm dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz
 
+ARG ARCH
+
+ENV ARCH_E ${ARCH}
+
+RUN if [ "$ARCH_E" = "ARM" ] ; then wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && rm dockerize-linux-armhf-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+	; else wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz \
+    && rm dockerize-alpine-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz ; fi
+	
 ENV BASE /opt/cartesi
 
 RUN yarn global add truffle@5.1.8