diff --git a/recipes/raxml/build.sh b/recipes/raxml/build.sh
index 6dd8706245751..92f87d162d35e 100644
--- a/recipes/raxml/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/raxml/build.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-case `uname` in
-Darwin) SUF=.mac;;
-Linux) SUF=.gcc;;
-*) echo "Unknown architecture"; exit 1;;
+set -exo pipefail
+
+case $(uname) in
+Darwin) SUF=.mac ;;
+Linux) SUF=.gcc ;;
+*)
+  echo "Unknown architecture"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
 esac
 
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
-mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
+mkdir -p "$PREFIX"/bin
 
 for PTHREADS in "" .PTHREADS; do
   for OPT in "" .SSE3 .AVX2; do
 
-    if [ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" -a "${OPT}" == ".AVX2" ]; then
+    if [[ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" && "${OPT}" == ".AVX2" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ${ARCH} == "arm64" && ("${OPT}" == ".AVX2" || "${OPT}" == ".SSE3" || "${PTHREADS}" == ".PTHREADS") ]]; then
       continue
     fi
 
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ for PTHREADS in "" .PTHREADS; do
       MAKEFILE=${MAKEFILE}.gcc
     fi
     make -f ${MAKEFILE} CC=$CC
-    mv raxmlHPC* $PREFIX/bin
+    mv raxmlHPC* "$PREFIX"/bin
     make -f ${MAKEFILE} clean
   done
 done
diff --git a/recipes/raxml/meta.yaml b/recipes/raxml/meta.yaml
index b98b2551cc414..b7e8de64fbd89 100644
--- a/recipes/raxml/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/raxml/meta.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package:
   version: "8.2.13"
 
 build:
-  number: 1
+  number: 2
   run_exports:
     - {{ pin_subpackage('raxml', max_pin="x") }}
 
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ requirements:
 test:
   commands:
     - raxmlHPC -h > /dev/null
-    - raxmlHPC-PTHREADS -h > /dev/null
-    - raxmlHPC-SSE3 -h > /dev/null
-    - raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-SSE3 -h > /dev/null
-    - 'raxmlHPC-AVX2 -h > /dev/null'  # [not aarch64]
-    - 'raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-AVX2 -h > /dev/null'  # [not aarch64]
+    - raxmlHPC-PTHREADS -h > /dev/null  # [not arm64]
+    - raxmlHPC-SSE3 -h > /dev/null  # [not arm64]
+    - raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-SSE3 -h > /dev/null  # [not arm64]
+    - 'raxmlHPC-AVX2 -h > /dev/null'  # [not (aarch64 or arm64)]
+    - 'raxmlHPC-PTHREADS-AVX2 -h > /dev/null'  # [not (aarch64 or arm64)]
 
 about:
   home: http://sco.h-its.org/exelixis/web/software/raxml/index.html
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ about:
 extra:
   additional-platforms:
     - linux-aarch64
+    - osx-arm64
   identifiers:
     - biotools:raxml
     - doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu033