diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 58a97f9ee..c680ff35d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup native dependencies
         run: cargo run -p xtask -- setup
+        env:
+          TARGET_TRIPLE: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+          CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' || '' }}
+          CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' || '' }}
+          CXX_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && 'aarch64-linux-gnu-g++' || '' }}
+          PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && '/' || '' }}
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig' || '' }}
 
       - name: Build server binary (x86_64)
         if: matrix.settings.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'