diff --git a/docker/cross-compilation/openssl-macos.sh b/docker/cross-compilation/openssl-macos.sh
index 5d4de430b..a515b6caa 100755
--- a/docker/cross-compilation/openssl-macos.sh
+++ b/docker/cross-compilation/openssl-macos.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ main() {
     wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-$version.tar.gz
     tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf openssl-$version.tar.gz
 
-    # Configure OpenSSL for arm64
-    # Use darwin64-x86_64-cc as base and override with arm64 architecture
+    # Configure OpenSSL for arm64, disabling assembly
     ./Configure \
         --prefix="$install_dir" \
         darwin64-x86_64-cc \
         no-dso \
+        no-asm \
         -fPIC \
         ${@:1}
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ main() {
     perl -pi -e 's/-arch x86_64/-arch arm64/g' Makefile
 
     # Build using all available cores
-    make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+    KERNEL_BITS=64 make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
 
     # Install
     sudo make install