diff --git a/conda-forge.yml b/conda-forge.yml
index a6acb6d1c..fc6f9d6de 100644
--- a/conda-forge.yml
+++ b/conda-forge.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ bot:
   - 7.0.x
   - 8.0.x
 build_platform:
+  linux_aarch64: linux_64
   linux_ppc64le: linux_64
   osx_arm64: osx_64
 conda_forge_output_validation: true
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 107b8433a..dc88a7061 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ source:
     - patches/0001-ARROW-17433-CI-C-Use-Visual-Studio-2019-on-AppVeyor-.patch
 
 build:
+  # debug
+  skip: true  # [python_impl != "pypy"]
   number: 6
   # for cuda support, building with one version is enough to be compatible with
   # all later versions, since arrow is only using libcuda, and not libcudart.
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ build:
   # CUDA builds on ppc64le currently run out of time on Travis CI.
   # It may be possible to move these to cross-compilation, but this will take additional work.
   # Hence this is skipped for now until this can be addressed.
-  skip: true  # [linux and ppc64le and cuda_compiler_version != "None"]
+  skip: true  # [linux and (aarch64 or ppc64le) and cuda_compiler_version != "None"]
   run_exports:
     - {{ pin_subpackage("arrow-cpp", max_pin="x.x.x") }}