diff --git a/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md b/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4794ee5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/big-ghosts-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+enforce build for linux/riscv64 platform
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/builder/docker.ts b/apps/cli/src/builder/docker.ts
index 98826482..7dc63dbf 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/builder/docker.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/builder/docker.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const buildImage = async (options: ImageBuildOptions): Promise<string> => {
     const args = [
         "buildx",
         "build",
+        "--platform",
+        "linux/riscv64",
         "--file",
         dockerfile,
         "--load",
diff --git a/apps/cli/test/builder/data/Dockerfile.nonriscv b/apps/cli/test/builder/data/Dockerfile.nonriscv
deleted file mode 100644
index 95ea117f..00000000
--- a/apps/cli/test/builder/data/Dockerfile.nonriscv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-FROM scratch
-ADD ./file1 .
diff --git a/apps/cli/test/builder/docker.test.ts b/apps/cli/test/builder/docker.test.ts
index b6c73bea..495fdf41 100644
--- a/apps/cli/test/builder/docker.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/test/builder/docker.test.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ describe("when building with the docker builder", () => {
         const drive: DockerDriveConfig = {
             builder: "docker",
             context: path.join(__dirname, "data"),
-            dockerfile: path.join(__dirname, "data", "Dockerfile.nonriscv"),
             extraSize: 0,
             format: "ext2",
             tags: [],
-            image: undefined,
+            image: "debian:bookworm-slim",
             target: undefined,
         };
         await expect(build("root", drive, image, destination)).rejects.toThrow(