diff --git a/lib/BrowserStack/Local.pm b/lib/BrowserStack/Local.pm
index 0e5d837..655b770 100644
--- a/lib/BrowserStack/Local.pm
+++ b/lib/BrowserStack/Local.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use IO::Socket;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use File::Temp;
 use Config;
+use POSIX ();
 use Cwd;
 use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
 use File::Path qw(make_path);
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ sub get_available_path {
 
 sub platform_url {
   if ($^O =~ "darwin") {
+    if ((POSIX::uname())[4] =~ /arm64|aarch64/) {
+      return "http://s3.amazonaws.com/browserStack/browserstack-local/BrowserStackLocal-darwin-arm64";
+    }
     return "http://s3.amazonaws.com/browserStack/browserstack-local/BrowserStackLocal-darwin-x64";
   }
   elsif ($^O =~ /^Win/) {
@@ -218,7 +222,21 @@ sub platform_url {
 sub download_binary {
   my ($self) = @_;
   my $url = $self->platform_url();
-  getstore($url, $self->{binary_path});
+  my $status = getstore($url, $self->{binary_path});
+  # If the arm64 binary is not published to the legacy bucket yet, fall back
+  # to the x64 binary, which still works on Apple Silicon via Rosetta 2 —
+  # releasing must not turn a working download into a 404.
+  if (!is_success($status) && $url =~ /-darwin-arm64$/) {
+    $url =~ s/-darwin-arm64$/-darwin-x64/;
+    $status = getstore($url, $self->{binary_path});
+  }
+  if (!is_success($status)) {
+    # don't leave the HTTP error body behind as an "installed" binary — it
+    # would satisfy the -x check in get_binary_path on every later run and
+    # stick until the user deletes it by hand
+    unlink $self->{binary_path};
+    die "Failed to download BrowserStackLocal binary (HTTP $status) from $url\n";
+  }
   chmod 0777, $self->{binary_path};
 }