diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
index 9d59a83c334..f08c7b3c3e6 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ steps:
       BUILD_VERSION="$(date +%s)"
       SNAP_FILENAME="code-$VSCODE_QUALITY-$(VSCODE_ARCH)-$BUILD_VERSION.snap"
       SNAP_PATH="$SNAP_ROOT/$SNAP_FILENAME"
-      (cd $SNAP_ROOT/code-* && sudo --preserve-env snapcraft snap --target-arch $(VSCODE_ARCH) --output "$SNAP_PATH")
+      case $(VSCODE_ARCH) in
+        x64) SNAPCRAFT_TARGET_ARGS="" ;;
+        *) SNAPCRAFT_TARGET_ARGS="--target-arch $(VSCODE_ARCH)" ;;
+      esac
+      (cd $SNAP_ROOT/code-* && sudo --preserve-env snapcraft snap $SNAPCRAFT_TARGET_ARGS --output "$SNAP_PATH")
 
       # Publish snap package
       AZURE_DOCUMENTDB_MASTERKEY="$(builds-docdb-key-readwrite)" \