diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 0d9cc47..4bb0509 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # for local testing
 [patch.crates-io]
 kble-socket = { path = "./kble-socket" }
+
+# cross compile
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"