diff --git a/filter/tex/lib.php b/filter/tex/lib.php
index 51f994b85d7..875c84c380b 100644
--- a/filter/tex/lib.php
+++ b/filter/tex/lib.php
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ function filter_tex_get_executable($debug=false) {
     }
 
     switch (PHP_OS) {
-        case "Linux":   return "$CFG->dirroot/filter/tex/mimetex.linux";
         case "Darwin":  return "$CFG->dirroot/filter/tex/mimetex.darwin";
         case "FreeBSD": return "$CFG->dirroot/filter/tex/mimetex.freebsd";
+        case "Linux":
+            if (php_uname('m') == 'aarch64') {
+                return "$CFG->dirroot/filter/tex/mimetex.linux.aarch64";
+            }
+
+            return "$CFG->dirroot/filter/tex/mimetex.linux";
     }
 
     print_error('mimetexisnotexist', 'error');
diff --git a/filter/tex/mimetex.linux.aarch64 b/filter/tex/mimetex.linux.aarch64
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a051d4833bb
Binary files /dev/null and b/filter/tex/mimetex.linux.aarch64 differ
diff --git a/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt b/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
index 9b6ae9ce314..4bda566c8a7 100644
--- a/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
+++ b/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Linux
 2/ go into directory with extracted source files
 3/ execute "cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.linux"
 
+Linux aarch64
+=====
+1/ install gcc
+2/ go into directory with extracted source files
+3/ execute "cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.linux.aarch64"
+
 FreeBSD
 =======
 1/ go into directory with extracted source files