diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b9099ac..a4e64b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build release linux x86_64 binary
       run:
         rustup target install x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu &&
-        make release-linux &&
+        make release-linux-x86_64 &&
         mv target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rqbit target/release/rqbit-linux-static-x86_64
 
+    - name: Build release linux aarch64 binary
+      run:
+        rustup target install aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu &&
+        make release-linux-aarch64 &&
+        mv target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rqbit target/release/rqbit-linux-static-aarch64
+
     - name: Build release OSX universal binary
       run:
         rustup target install aarch64-apple-darwin &&
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1f17e2..c3ccc2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+OPENSSL_VERSION=3.0.3
+
 all: sign-release sign-debug
 
+@PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf target
+
 @PHONY: sign-debug
 sign-debug:
 	codesign -f --entitlements resources/debugging.entitlements -s - target/debug/rqbit
@@ -34,31 +40,55 @@ release-windows:
 	# brew install mingw-w64
 	cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release
 
-target/openssl-linux/lib/libssl.a:
-	export OPENSSL_ROOT=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/ && \
-	mkdir -p "$${OPENSSL_ROOT}"/src && \
-	cd "$${OPENSSL_ROOT}"/src/ && \
-	curl -LO https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.0.0.tar.gz && \
-	tar xf openssl-3.0.0.tar.gz && \
-	cd openssl-3.0.0 && \
+target/openssl-linux/openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz:
+	mkdir -p target/openssl-linux
+	curl -L https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz -o $@
+
+target/openssl-linux/x86_64/lib/libssl.a: target/openssl-linux/openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz
+	export OPENSSL_ROOT=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/x86_64/ && \
+	mkdir -p $${OPENSSL_ROOT}/src && \
+	cd $${OPENSSL_ROOT}/src/ && \
+	tar xf ../../openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz && \
+	cd openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION) && \
 	./Configure linux-generic64 --prefix="$${OPENSSL_ROOT}" --openssldir="$${OPENSSL_ROOT}" no-shared --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu- && \
 	make -j && \
 	make install_sw
 
+target/openssl-linux/aarch64/lib/libssl.a: target/openssl-linux/openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz
+	export OPENSSL_ROOT=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/aarch64/ && \
+	mkdir -p $${OPENSSL_ROOT}/src && \
+	cd $${OPENSSL_ROOT}/src/ && \
+	tar xf ../../openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION).tar.gz && \
+	cd openssl-$(OPENSSL_VERSION) && \
+	./Configure linux-aarch64 --prefix="$${OPENSSL_ROOT}" --openssldir="$${OPENSSL_ROOT}" no-shared --cross-compile-prefix=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu- && \
+	make -j && \
+	make install_sw
+
 @PHONY: release-linux
-release-linux: target/openssl-linux/lib/libssl.a
-    # prereqs:
-    # brew tap messense/macos-cross-toolchains
-	# brew install x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-	# cross-compile openssl with "no-shared", e.g.
-	# ./Configure linux-generic64 --prefix=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/ --openssldir=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/ --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu- no-shared
+release-linux: release-linux-x86_64 release-linux-aarch64
+
+@PHONY: release-linux-x86_64
+release-linux-x86_64: target/openssl-linux/x86_64/lib/libssl.a
+	# prereqs:
+	# brew tap messense/macos-cross-toolchains
+	# brew install x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+	# cross-compile openssl with "no-shared", see above
 	CC_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
 	CXX_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
 	AR_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
 	CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
-	OPENSSL_DIR=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/ \
+	OPENSSL_DIR=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/x86_64/ \
 	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
+@PHONY: release-linux-aarch64
+release-linux-aarch64: target/openssl-linux/aarch64/lib/libssl.a
+	CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+	CXX_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
+	AR_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+	CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+	OPENSSL_DIR=$(PWD)/target/openssl-linux/aarch64/ \
+	cargo build --release --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
 
 @PHONY: release-all
 release-all: release-windows release-linux release-macos-universal
@@ -67,5 +97,4 @@ release-all: release-windows release-linux release-macos-universal
 	cp ./target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/rqbit.exe /tmp/rqbit-release
 	cp ./target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/rqbit-osx-universal /tmp/rqbit-release
 	cp ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rqbit /tmp/rqbit-release/rqbit-linux-x86_64
-
 	echo "The release was built in /tmp/rqbit-release"
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