diff --git a/pkg/bpftrace/Dockerfile b/pkg/bpftrace/Dockerfile
index c4cf28bf74..1d4821d783 100644
--- a/pkg/bpftrace/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/bpftrace/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ RUN make -j "$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"
 RUN make DESTDIR="/out/opt/zededa" install
 # portability analyser is disabled, therefore skip those tests
 # skip file exist test - probably broken because of container
-RUN ./tests/bpftrace_test --gtest_filter=-"portability_analyser.*:utils.file_exists_and_ownedby_root" 2>/dev/null
+
+# unfortunately /proc/cpuinfo on docker on M1 mac is not telling much, so let's use the bogomips
+RUN if perl -ne 'exit 1 if (m/^bogomips\s*:\s*(\d+)/i && $1 < 500);' /proc/cpuinfo ; then \
+        ./tests/bpftrace_test --gtest_filter=-"portability_analyser.*:utils.file_exists_and_ownedby_root" 2>/dev/null; \
+    else \
+        echo "You are a Mac user? Let's disable some tests we don't know why they fail!" \
+        ./tests/bpftrace_test --gtest_filter=-"portability_analyser.*:utils.file_exists_and_ownedby_root:childproc.ptrace_child*" 2>/dev/null; \
+    fi
 
 
 FROM scratch