diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6fae78066eb..ca31972c3ba
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ yes_or_no() {
 # install dependencies
 if [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
     # Ubuntu
+    host_cpu=$(uname -m)
+    if [ $host_cpu = x86_64 ]; then
+        x86_64_specific_packages="gcc-multilib g++-multilib"
+    else
+        x86_64_specific_packages=""
+    fi
+
     sudo -E apt update
     sudo -E apt-get install -y \
             build-essential \
@@ -32,8 +39,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
             ca-certificates \
             git \
             libboost-regex-dev \
-            gcc-multilib \
-            g++-multilib \
+            $x86_64_specific_packages \
             libgtk2.0-dev \
             pkg-config \
             unzip \