diff --git a/src/utils/misc.cpp b/src/utils/misc.cpp
index 04ee438f5..7d89b37dd 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cerrno>
 #include <climits>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@
 #include "utils/misc.h"
 #include "utils/color_out.h"
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #define STRERROR_BUF_LEN 1024
 
 using std::invalid_argument;
@@ -305,3 +311,24 @@ uint32_t parse_uint32(const char *value_str) noexcept(false)
         return val;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks whether host machine is an ARM Mac (native or running x86_64 code with Rosetta2)
+*/
+bool is_arm_mac() {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+        char machine[256];
+        size_t len = sizeof machine;
+        if (sysctlbyname("hw.machine", &machine, &len, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+                perror("sysctlbyname hw.machine");
+                return false;
+        }
+        int proc_translated = -1; // Rosetta2 - 0 off, 1 on; sysctl ENOENT - x86_64 mac
+        len = sizeof proc_translated;
+        if (int ret = sysctlbyname("sysctl.proc_translated", &proc_translated, &len, NULL, 0); ret != 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+                perror("sysctlbyname sysctl.proc_translated");
+        }
+        return strstr(machine, "arm") != NULL || proc_translated == 1;
+#else
+        return false;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.h b/src/utils/misc.h
index d0bb1ece1..cb0817499 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/utils/misc.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * @author Martin Piatka    <piatka@cesnet.cz>
  */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2022 CESNET z.s.p.o.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2023 CESNET z.s.p.o.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int get_framerate_d(double framerate);
 const char *ug_strerror(int errnum);
 void ug_perror(const char *s);
 int get_cpu_core_count(void);
+bool is_arm_mac(void);
 
 struct key_val {
         const char *key;
diff --git a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
index 5e04be72a..8db4f1801 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static map<codec_t, codec_params_t> codec_params = {
                 502
         }},
         { AV1, codec_params_t{
-                [](bool) { return "libsvtav1"; },
+                [](bool) { return is_arm_mac() ? "libaom-av1" : "libsvtav1"; },
                 0.1,
                 get_av1_preset,
                 setparam_h264_h265_av1,