diff --git a/recipes/megahit/meta.yaml b/recipes/megahit/meta.yaml
index cdc6d877dde6a2..9576fe0b4b9635 100644
--- a/recipes/megahit/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/megahit/meta.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ source:
   url: https://github.com/voutcn/megahit/archive/v{{version}}.tar.gz
 
 build:
-  number: 4
+  number: 5
   # TODO test fails on osx without visible error.
   # Feel free to fix and enable again.
   skip: true  # [osx]
+  run_exports:
+    - {{ pin_subpackage('megahit', max_pin='x') }}
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ about:
     metagenomics assembly via succinct de Bruijn graph
 
 extra:
+  additional-platforms:
+    - linux-aarch64
   identifiers:
     - biotools:megahit
     - doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv033