diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec199b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: Build Multiarch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [release]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master, release]
+
+jobs:
+  multi-arch-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: armv6
+            distro: bookworm
+          - arch: armv7
+            distro: bookworm
+          - arch: aarch64
+            distro: bookworm
+          - arch: s390x
+            distro: bookworm
+          - arch: ppc64le
+            distro: bookworm
+
+          - arch: armv7
+            distro: ubuntu_latest
+          - arch: aarch64
+            distro: ubuntu_latest
+          - arch: riscv64
+            distro: ubuntu_devel
+          - arch: s390x
+            distro: ubuntu_latest
+          - arch: ppc64le
+            distro: ubuntu_latest
+
+          - arch: armv7
+            distro: ubuntu22.04
+          - arch: aarch64
+            distro: ubuntu22.04
+          # - arch: riscv64
+          #   distro: ubuntu22.04
+          - arch: s390x
+            distro: ubuntu22.04
+          - arch: ppc64le
+            distro: ubuntu22.04
+          # ubuntu with riscv64 has three failures and a crash on test_SolverInterface_basics in scipy's root function; also test_is_poly_positive and test_bend_rounded_Miller_Re_correction
+          # ubuntu20.04 is too old, fluids dropped support with numpy 2.0 compat
+
+          - arch: armv6
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          - arch: armv7
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          - arch: aarch64
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          - arch: riscv64
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          - arch: s390x
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          - arch: ppc64le
+            distro: alpine_latest
+          # fedora-latest doesn't work not sure why
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+      - name: Run on ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
+        with:
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+          distro: ${{ matrix.distro }}
+          githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
+          install: |
+            if [[ "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "alpine_latest" ]]; then
+              apk update
+              apk add python3 py3-pip py3-scipy py3-matplotlib py3-numpy py3-pandas
+            elif [[ "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "ubuntu_latest" || "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "ubuntu_rolling" || "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "ubuntu_devel" || "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "ubuntu20.04" ||  "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "ubuntu22.04" || "${{ matrix.distro }}" == "bookworm" ]]; then
+              apt-get update
+              apt-get install -y libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libsuitesparse-dev ccache libmpc-dev python3 python3-pip python3-scipy python3-matplotlib python3-numpy python3-pandas
+            fi
+          run: |
+              if python3 -c "import subprocess; exit('no such option' not in subprocess.getoutput('pip3 install --break-system-packages'))"; then
+                # If the exit status is 0 (True), this means the option is not supported
+                python3 -m pip install wheel
+                pip3 install -r requirements_test_multiarch.txt
+              else
+                # If the exit status is 1 (False), this means the option is supported
+                python3 -m pip install wheel --break-system-packages
+                pip3 install -r requirements_test_multiarch.txt --break-system-packages
+              fi
+              python3 -m pytest . -v -m "not online and not thermo and not numba" 
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diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 536920c..6052d17 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 ver_tup = platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]
 ver_tup = tuple(int(i) for i in ver_tup)
 
+
+is_x86_or_x86_64 = platform.machine().lower() in ('i386', 'i686', 'x86', 'x86_64', 'amd64')
+
+
 def pytest_ignore_collect(path):
     path = str(path)
     if 'manual_runner' in path or 'make_test_stubs' in path or 'plot' in path or 'prerelease' in path:
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ def pytest_ignore_collect(path):
         return True
     if 'is_pypy' and 'test_spa' in path:
         return True
-    if ver_tup < (3, 7) or ver_tup >= (3, 13) or is_pypy:
+    if ver_tup < (3, 7) or ver_tup >= (3, 13) or is_pypy or not is_x86_or_x86_64:
         # numba does not yet run under pypy
         if 'numba' in path:
             return True
diff --git a/requirements_test_multiarch.txt b/requirements_test_multiarch.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a1b1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_test_multiarch.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+sympy
+thefuzz
+pint
+pytz
+IPython
+sphinx
+wheel
diff --git a/tests/test_numerics.py b/tests/test_numerics.py
index 00d7823..1d41fa5 100644
--- a/tests/test_numerics.py
+++ b/tests/test_numerics.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ def to_solve(x):
 
 def test_is_poly_positive():
     assert not is_poly_positive([4, 3, 2, 1])
-    for high in range(0, 100, 5):
+    for high in range(0, 30, 5):
         assert is_poly_positive([4, 3, 2, 1], domain=(0, 10**high))
 
     coeffs_4alpha = [2.1570803657937594e-10, 2.008831101045556e-06, -0.004656598178209313, 2.8575882247542514]