diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bb010c780..0c244f901 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ CMD ["sleep", "infinity"]
 
 
 # Frigate web build
-# force this to run on amd64 because QEMU is painfully slow
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 node:16 AS web-build
+# This should be architecture agnostic, so speed up the build on multiarch by not using QEMU.
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM node:16 AS web-build
 
 WORKDIR /work
 COPY web/package.json web/package-lock.json ./