diff --git a/.github/workflows/alpine-test.yml b/.github/workflows/alpine-test.yml
index 73530d79a..0f5c20f48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alpine-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alpine-test.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-22.04-arm]
         target: [GCC=1, CLANG=1]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/contrib/dependencies/apk-packages.sh b/contrib/dependencies/apk-packages.sh
index 0084dea3a..d02704b15 100755
--- a/contrib/dependencies/apk-packages.sh
+++ b/contrib/dependencies/apk-packages.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ apk add --no-cache \
 	libnl3-dev \
 	nftables \
 	nftables-dev \
+	perl \
 	pkgconfig \
 	procps \
 	protobuf-c-compiler \