diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/burningwave/jvm/util/Libraries.java b/java/src/main/java/org/burningwave/jvm/util/Libraries.java
index 780bea97..9a379e20 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/burningwave/jvm/util/Libraries.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/burningwave/jvm/util/Libraries.java
@@ -57,11 +57,15 @@ private Libraries() {
 		}
 		String osArch = jVMInfo.osArch != null ? jVMInfo.osArch : "generic";
 		String operatingSystemName = jVMInfo.operatingSystemName != null ? jVMInfo.operatingSystemName.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH) : "generic";
+		boolean isMac = (operatingSystemName.indexOf("mac") >= 0) || (operatingSystemName.indexOf("darwin") >= 0);
 		prefix = "lib";
 		if (osArch.equals("aarch64")) {
 			conventionedSuffix = osArch;
-			extension = "so";
-		} else if ((operatingSystemName.indexOf("mac") >= 0) || (operatingSystemName.indexOf("darwin") >= 0)) {
+			// On macOS the loader still needs the platform-correct extension; previously
+			// this branch hardcoded "so" which made aarch64 macOS fail with
+			// "slice is not valid mach-o file" when dlopen tried to parse a Linux ELF.
+			extension = isMac ? "dylib" : "so";
+		} else if (isMac) {
 			extension = "dylib";
 		} else if (operatingSystemName.indexOf("win") >= 0) {
 			prefix = null;
diff --git a/native/bin/libNativeExecutor-aarch64.dylib b/native/bin/libNativeExecutor-aarch64.dylib
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1169ccfb
Binary files /dev/null and b/native/bin/libNativeExecutor-aarch64.dylib differ
diff --git a/native/pom.xml b/native/pom.xml
index 7a4988e6..cd481a0e 100644
--- a/native/pom.xml
+++ b/native/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 		<org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-compiler.flags>-O3 -fPIC</org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-compiler.flags>
 		<org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.flags>-fPIC -shared</org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.flags>
 		<org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.artifact-name>NativeExecutor</org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.artifact-name>
+		<!-- Filename arch suffix for the produced native artifact. Defaults to x32/x64 based on
+		     sun.arch.data.model. Profiles below override this for non-x86 architectures
+		     (e.g. mac-aarch64 sets it to "aarch64"). -->
+		<linker.arch.suffix>x${sun.arch.data.model}</linker.arch.suffix>
 	</properties>
 	
 	<profiles>
@@ -63,7 +67,25 @@
 			<properties>
 				<org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.final-name>lib${org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.artifact-name}</org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.final-name>
 				<packaging.type>dylib</packaging.type>
-				<org.codehaus.mojo.option.spec-include-dir-two>${java.home}/include/darwin/</org.codehaus.mojo.option.spec-include-dir-two>	
+				<org.codehaus.mojo.option.spec-include-dir-two>${java.home}/include/darwin/</org.codehaus.mojo.option.spec-include-dir-two>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<!-- Apple Silicon (arm64) macOS. Activated when the build runs on a native arm64 JVM
+			     on macOS. Overrides the artifact filename suffix from "x64" to "aarch64" so
+			     the resulting binary is named libNativeExecutor-aarch64.dylib instead of
+			     libNativeExecutor-x64.dylib. The compile flags inherit from the `mac` profile;
+			     Apple clang++ targets arm64-apple-darwin natively, no extra -arch flag needed
+			     when running on a native arm64 JVM. -->
+			<id>mac-aarch64</id>
+			<activation>
+				<os>
+					<family>mac</family>
+					<arch>aarch64</arch>
+				</os>
+			</activation>
+			<properties>
+				<linker.arch.suffix>aarch64</linker.arch.suffix>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
@@ -251,7 +273,7 @@
 									</fileNames>
 								</source>
 							</sources>
-							<linkerFinalName>${org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.final-name}-x${sun.arch.data.model}</linkerFinalName>
+							<linkerFinalName>${org.codehaus.mojo.option.gcc-linker.final-name}-${linker.arch.suffix}</linkerFinalName>
 							<linkerFinalNameExt>${packaging.type}</linkerFinalNameExt>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>