diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index 3787ea3fe..ff06115b0 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ to avoid the relatively large download::
     cd scripts  # where all CI things are 
     docker build -t deltachat/coredeps docker-coredeps
     docker build -t deltachat/doxygen docker-doxygen 
+
+Additionally, you can install qemu and build arm64 docker image:
+    apt-get install qemu binfmt-support qemu-user-static
+    docker build -t deltachat/coredeps-arm64 docker-coredeps-arm64
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63d5a94ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64
+
+# Configure ld.so/ldconfig and pkg-config
+RUN echo /usr/local/lib64 > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf && \
+    echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
+
+# Install a recent Perl, needed to install the openssl crate
+ADD deps/build_perl.sh /builder/build_perl.sh
+RUN rm /usr/bin/perl
+RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_perl.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
+
+ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK 1
+
+# Install python tools (auditwheels,tox, ...)
+ADD deps/build_python.sh /builder/build_python.sh
+RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_python.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
+
+# Install Rust
+ADD deps/build_rust.sh /builder/build_rust.sh
+RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_rust.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_openssl.sh b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_openssl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6f609186f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_openssl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1a
+OPENSSL_SHA256=fc20130f8b7cbd2fb918b2f14e2f429e109c31ddd0fb38fc5d71d9ffed3f9f41
+
+curl -O https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+echo "${OPENSSL_SHA256}  openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+tar xzf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} 
+./config shared no-ssl2 no-ssl3 -fPIC --prefix=/usr/local
+
+sed -i "s/^SHLIB_MAJOR=.*/SHLIB_MAJOR=200/" Makefile && \
+sed -i "s/^SHLIB_MINOR=.*/SHLIB_MINOR=0.0/" Makefile && \
+sed -i "s/^SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER=.*/SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER=200.0.0/" Makefile
+
+make depend
+make 
+make install_sw install_ssldirs
+ldconfig -v | grep ssl 
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_perl.sh b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_perl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2440ee815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_perl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PERL_VERSION=5.30.0
+# PERL_SHA256=7e929f64d4cb0e9d1159d4a59fc89394e27fa1f7004d0836ca0d514685406ea8
+curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+# echo "${PERL_SHA256}  perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+tar -xzf perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd perl-${PERL_VERSION}
+
+./Configure -de
+make
+make install
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_python.sh b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_python.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a5e980b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_python.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x -e
+
+# we use the python3.6 environment as the base environment 
+/opt/python/cp36-cp36m/bin/pip install tox devpi-client auditwheel 
+
+pushd /usr/bin
+
+ln -s /opt/_internal/cpython-3.6.*/bin/tox
+ln -s /opt/_internal/cpython-3.6.*/bin/devpi
+ln -s /opt/_internal/cpython-3.6.*/bin/auditwheel
+
+popd
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_rust.sh b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_rust.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f82ce0357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps-arm64/deps/build_rust.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+# Install Rust
+#
+# Path from https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html
+#
+# Avoid using rustup here as it depends on reading /proc/self/exe and
+# has problems running under QEMU.
+curl "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-1.50.0-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" | tar xz
+cd "rust-1.50.0-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu"
+./install.sh --prefix=/usr --components=rustc,cargo,"rust-std-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu"
+rustc --version
+cd ..
+rm -fr "rust-1.50.0-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu"
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile
index 98febb4d5..13d2fce0f 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN echo /usr/local/lib64 > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf && \
     echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
 ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
 
-# Install a recent Perl, needed to install the openssl crate 
+# Install a recent Perl, needed to install the openssl crate
 ADD deps/build_perl.sh /builder/build_perl.sh
 RUN rm /usr/bin/perl
 RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_perl.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
diff --git a/scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh b/scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh
index e9d285afa..11f296ad9 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 set -e -x
 
 # Install Rust
-curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain 1.50.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -y
+curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain "1.50.0-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu" -y
 export PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
 rustc --version
 
 # remove some 300-400 MB that we don't need for automated builds
-rm -rf /root/.rustup/toolchains/1.50.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share
+rm -rf "/root/.rustup/toolchains/1.50.0-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu/share"