diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/dataflow/dataflowlib/execute.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/dataflow/dataflowlib/execute.go
index 67ed337bed57..9a1641e314d1 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/dataflow/dataflowlib/execute.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/dataflow/dataflowlib/execute.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/metrics"
 	"github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/graphx"
@@ -47,7 +48,12 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, raw *pipepb.Pipeline, opts *JobOptions, worker
 		} else {
 			// Cross-compile as last resort.
 
-			worker, err := runnerlib.BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx)
+			var copts runnerlib.CompileOpts
+			if strings.HasPrefix(opts.MachineType, "t2a") {
+				copts.Arch = "arm64"
+			}
+
+			worker, err := runnerlib.BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx, copts)
 			if err != nil {
 				return presult, err
 			}
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/compile.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/compile.go
index 8fbbc0846007..b21362ba9fde 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/compile.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/compile.go
@@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ func IsWorkerCompatibleBinary() (string, bool) {
 
 var unique int32
 
+// CompileOpts are additional options for dynamic compiles of the local code
+// for development purposes. Production runs should build the worker binary
+// separately for the target environment.
+// See https://beam.apache.org/documentation/sdks/go-cross-compilation/ for details.
+type CompileOpts struct {
+	OS, Arch string
+}
+
 // BuildTempWorkerBinary creates a local worker binary in the tmp directory
 // for linux/amd64. Caller responsible for deleting the binary.
-func BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+func BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context, opts CompileOpts) (string, error) {
 	id := atomic.AddInt32(&unique, 1)
 	filename := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("worker-%v-%v", id, time.Now().UnixNano()))
-	if err := buildWorkerBinary(ctx, filename); err != nil {
+	if err := buildWorkerBinary(ctx, filename, opts); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return filename, nil
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ func BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 //	* /Users/herohde/go/src/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/examples/wordcount/wordcount.go (skip: 3)
 //	  /usr/local/go/src/runtime/proc.go (skip: 4)      // not always present
 //	  /usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s (skip: 4 or 5)
-func buildWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context, filename string) error {
+func buildWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context, filename string, opts CompileOpts) error {
 	program := ""
 	var isTest bool
 	for i := 3; ; i++ {
@@ -77,9 +85,17 @@ func buildWorkerBinary(ctx context.Context, filename string) error {
 	}
 	goos := "linux"
 	goarch := "amd64"
+
+	if opts.OS != "" {
+		goos = opts.OS
+	}
+	if opts.Arch != "" {
+		goarch = opts.Arch
+	}
+
 	cgo := "0"
 
-	log.Infof(ctx, "Cross-compiling %v with GOOS=%s GOARCH=%s CGO_ENABLED=%s as %v", goos, goarch, cgo, program, filename)
+	log.Infof(ctx, "Cross-compiling %v with GOOS=%s GOARCH=%s CGO_ENABLED=%s as %v", program, goos, goarch, cgo, filename)
 
 	// Cross-compile given go program. Not awesome.
 	program = program[:strings.LastIndex(program, "/")+1]
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/execute.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/execute.go
index 5b49d2f94739..eb854dbfcdba 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/execute.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/universal/runnerlib/execute.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, p *pipepb.Pipeline, endpoint string, opt *JobO
 		} else {
 			// Cross-compile as last resort.
 
-			worker, err := BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx)
+			worker, err := BuildTempWorkerBinary(ctx, CompileOpts{})
 			if err != nil {
 				return presult, err
 			}
diff --git a/sdks/go/test/build.gradle b/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
index d1048b49c0bd..4aa0c5a48a70 100644
--- a/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,30 @@ task dataflowValidatesRunner() {
   }
 }
 
+// ValidatesRunner tests for Dataflow. Runs tests in the integration directory
+// with Dataflow to validate that the runner behaves as expected, on arm64 machines.
+task dataflowValidatesRunnerARM64() {
+  group = "Verification"
+
+  dependsOn ":sdks:go:test:goBuild"
+  dependsOn ":sdks:java:testing:expansion-service:buildTestExpansionServiceJar"
+
+  doLast {
+    def pipelineOptions = [  // Pipeline options piped directly to Go SDK flags.
+        "--expansion_jar=test:${project(":sdks:java:testing:expansion-service").buildTestExpansionServiceJar.archivePath}",
+        "--machine_type=t2a-standard-1",
+    ]
+    def options = [
+        "--runner dataflow",
+        "--pipeline_opts \"${pipelineOptions.join(' ')}\"",
+    ]
+    exec {
+      executable "sh"
+      args "-c", "./run_validatesrunner_tests.sh ${options.join(' ')}"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // ValidatesRunner tests for Flink. Runs tests in the integration directory
 // with Flink to validate that the runner behaves as expected.
 task flinkValidatesRunner {