diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f20afdbcaa4ca..d8ab7be2fa078b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ script:
 jobs:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
-    - name: "gn release mac"
+    - name: "gn release mac x86_64"
       os: osx
       after_success:
         - &gzip_release
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           repo: denoland/deno
         skip-cleanup: true
 
-    - name: "gn release linux"
+    - name: "gn release linux x86_64"
       os: linux
       after_success:
         - *gzip_release
@@ -109,12 +109,33 @@ jobs:
           branch: master
           repo: denoland/deno
         skip-cleanup: true
+    
+    - name: "cargo release linux arm64"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      script:
+      - rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+      - sudo apt update
+      - |-
+        sudo apt -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install \
+        g++-5-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-5-multilib \
+        libc6-arm64-cross
+      - build/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-sysroot.py --arch=arm64
+      - export DENO_BUILD_ARGS="target_cpu=\"arm64\" v8_target_cpu=\"arm64\""
+      - export CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER="/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-5"
+      - export CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu="/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-5"
+      - cargo build -vv --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release --locked
+      - cargo build -vv --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release --tests --locked
+      - sudo apt -yq install qemu qemu-user binfmt-support qemu-user-binfmt
+      - sudo ln -s /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 /lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1
+      - export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=/usr/aarch64-linux-gnu
+      - $CARGO_TARGET_DIR/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/deno tests/002_hello.ts
+      # - DENO_BUILD_MODE=release ./tools/test.py $CARGO_TARGET_DIR/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release TODO(afinch7): Get the tests working
 
-    - name: "cargo release linux"
+    - name: "cargo release linux x86_64"
       os: linux
       script:
       - cargo build -vv --release --locked
-
     # LSAN: We are in the process of getting a completely clean LSAN build,
     # but it will take some work. So for now we just run a subset of the
     # tests.  We want to detect leaks during the build process as well as
diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 0f807c519179cd..8b731cad2aa393 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ group("deno_deps") {
   ]
 }
 
+# Optimized dependencies for cross compiled builds.
+# This can be removed once we get snapshots into cross compiled builds.
+group("deno_deps_cross") {
+  testonly = true
+  deps = [
+    ":compiler_bundle",
+    ":main_bundle",
+    ":msg_rs",
+    "libdeno:libdeno_static_lib",
+    "libdeno:test_cc",
+  ]
+}
+
 # Reads the cargo info from Cargo.toml
 deno_cargo_info = exec_script("build_extra/rust/get_cargo_info.py",
                               [ rebase_path("Cargo.toml", root_build_dir) ],
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 261189f5e87bef..8dbbf09552ff1b 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,33 @@ fn main() {
     env::var("PROFILE").unwrap()
   };
 
+  // Equivalent to target arch != host arch
+  let is_different_target_arch =
+    env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap().as_str() != env::var("HOST")
+      .unwrap()
+      .as_str()
+      .split("-")
+      .collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0];
+
+  // If we are using the same target as the host's default
+  // "rustup target list" should show your default target
+  let is_default_target =
+    env::var("TARGET").unwrap() == env::var("HOST").unwrap();
+
   let cwd = env::current_dir().unwrap();
-  let gn_out_path = cwd.join(format!("target/{}", gn_mode));
+  // If not using host default target the output folder will change
+  // target/release will become target/$TARGET/release
+  // Gn should also be using this output directory as well
+  // most things will work with gn using the default
+  // output directory but some tests depend on artifacts
+  // being in a specific directory relative to the main build output
+  let gn_out_path = cwd.join(format!(
+    "target/{}",
+    match is_default_target {
+      true => gn_mode.clone(),
+      false => format!("{}/{}", env::var("TARGET").unwrap(), gn_mode.clone()),
+    }
+  ));
   let gn_out_dir = normalize_path(&gn_out_path);
 
   // Tell Cargo when to re-run this file. We do this first, so these directives
@@ -56,8 +81,11 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=feature=\"check-only\"");
   } else {
     // "Full" (non-RLS) build.
-    gn_target = "deno_deps";
-
+    if is_different_target_arch {
+      gn_target = "deno_deps_cross";
+    } else {
+      gn_target = "deno_deps";
+    }
     // Link with libdeno.a/.lib, which includes V8.
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}/obj/libdeno", gn_out_dir);
     if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
@@ -76,13 +104,15 @@ fn main() {
     }
   }
 
-  // If target_arch != host_arch disable snapshots since we are cross compiling.
-  if env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap().as_str() != env::var("HOST")
-    .unwrap()
-    .as_str()
-    .split("-")
-    .collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0]
-  {
+  // If target_arch != host_arch disable snapshots.
+  // v8 snapshots seem to not be compatible with binaries
+  // other than the ones used to gernerate them,
+  // so for non native architecture builds we don't
+  // have an easy way to generate these snapshots.
+  // We can't run any binary capable of generating
+  // compatible snapshots without emulating the
+  // target architecture.
+  if is_different_target_arch {
     // no-snapshot-init is not related to v8_use_snapshots
     println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=feature=\"no-snapshot-init\"");
   }
diff --git a/src/isolate_init.rs b/src/isolate_init.rs
index f025d84050fca7..49fa0d96af24a8 100644
--- a/src/isolate_init.rs
+++ b/src/isolate_init.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ pub fn deno_isolate_init() -> IsolateInit {
     }
   } else {
     debug!("Deno isolate init with snapshots.");
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "check-only"))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(feature = "check-only", feature = "no-snapshot-init")))]
     let data =
       include_bytes!(concat!(env!("GN_OUT_DIR"), "/gen/snapshot_deno.bin"));
-    #[cfg(feature = "check-only")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "check-only", feature = "no-snapshot-init"))]
     let data = vec![];
 
     unsafe {
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ pub fn compiler_isolate_init() -> IsolateInit {
     }
   } else {
     debug!("Deno isolate init with snapshots.");
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "check-only"))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(feature = "check-only", feature = "no-snapshot-init")))]
     let data =
       include_bytes!(concat!(env!("GN_OUT_DIR"), "/gen/snapshot_compiler.bin"));
-    #[cfg(feature = "check-only")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "check-only", feature = "no-snapshot-init"))]
     let data = vec![];
 
     unsafe {