diff --git a/scripts/containers/mssql.sh b/scripts/containers/mssql.sh
index ce154c71a85..c5c56c8ebaa 100644
--- a/scripts/containers/mssql.sh
+++ b/scripts/containers/mssql.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ MSSQL_CONTAINER_NAME="hasura-dev-mssql-$MSSQL_PORT"
 MSSQL_CONN_STR="DRIVER={ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server};SERVER=127.0.0.1,$MSSQL_PORT;Uid=sa;Pwd=$MSSQL_PASSWORD;"
 MSSQL_DOCKER="docker exec -it $MSSQL_CONTAINER_NAME sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P $MSSQL_PASSWORD"
 
+if [[ `uname -m` == 'arm64' ]]; then
+  MSSQL_PLATFORM=linux/arm64
+  MSSQL_CONTAINER_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge
+else
+  MSSQL_PLATFORM=linux/amd64
+  MSSQL_CONTAINER_IMAGE=hasura/mssql-server-2019-cu10-ubuntu-20.04:latest
+fi
 
 ######################
 #     Functions      #
@@ -27,7 +34,9 @@ MSSQL_DOCKER="docker exec -it $MSSQL_CONTAINER_NAME sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P
 function mssql_launch_container(){
   echo_pretty "Launching MSSQL container: $MSSQL_CONTAINER_NAME"
   docker run --name $MSSQL_CONTAINER_NAME \
-    -p 127.0.0.1:"$MSSQL_PORT":1433 -d hasura/mssql-server-2019-cu10-ubuntu-20.04:latest
+    --platform "$MSSQL_PLATFORM" \
+    -e ACCEPT_EULA=1 \
+    -p 127.0.0.1:"$MSSQL_PORT":1433 -d "$MSSQL_CONTAINER_IMAGE"
 }
 
 function mssql_wait {
diff --git a/scripts/containers/mysql.sh b/scripts/containers/mysql.sh
index 5819ebc5110..bae786be538 100644
--- a/scripts/containers/mysql.sh
+++ b/scripts/containers/mysql.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ MYSQL_PASSWORD=hasuraMySQL1
 MYSQL_CONTAINER_NAME="hasura-dev-mysql-$MYSQL_PORT"
 # space deliberately omitted between -u and -p params https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql
 MYSQL_DOCKER="docker exec -it $MYSQL_CONTAINER_NAME mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD"
+MYSQL_CONTAINER_IMAGE=mysql:8.0
+MYSQL_PLATFORM=linux/amd64 # for M1 arch we use the rosetta emulation
 
 ######################
 #     Functions      #
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ function mysql_launch_container(){
   docker run --name $MYSQL_CONTAINER_NAME \
     -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_PASSWORD \
     -e MYSQL_DATABASE=hasura \
+    --platform "$MYSQL_PLATFORM" \
     -p 127.0.0.1:$MYSQL_PORT:3306 \
-    -d mysql:8.0 -h "127.0.0.1"
+    -d "$MYSQL_CONTAINER_IMAGE" -h "127.0.0.1"
 }
 
 function mysql_wait {
diff --git a/scripts/containers/postgres b/scripts/containers/postgres
index d8ce32f25e3..ddf3cc07edd 100644
--- a/scripts/containers/postgres
+++ b/scripts/containers/postgres
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ fi
 
 PG_PASSWORD=postgres
 PG_CONTAINER_NAME="hasura-dev-postgres-$PG_PORT"
-PG_DB_URL="postgres://postgres:$PG_PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:$PG_PORT/postgres"
+PG_DB_URL="postgresql://postgres:$PG_PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:$PG_PORT/postgres"
 PG_DOCKER="docker exec -u postgres -it $PG_CONTAINER_NAME psql $PG_DB_URL"
 
+if [[ `uname -m` == 'arm64' ]]; then
+  PG_CONTAINER_IMAGE=sayitsocial/postgis:raspi
+else
+  PG_CONTAINER_IMAGE=circleci/postgres:11.5-alpine-postgis
+fi
+
 # NOTE FWIW:
 #   Brandon tried these options to speed up integration tests, but to little effect:
 #       fsync=off
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ function pg_launch_container(){
     -p 127.0.0.1:"$PG_PORT":$PG_PORT \
     --expose="$PG_PORT" \
     -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$PG_PASSWORD" \
-    -d circleci/postgres:11.5-alpine-postgis \
+    -d "$PG_CONTAINER_IMAGE" \
     $CONF_FLAGS
 
   # graphql-engine calls the pg_dump executable. To avoid a version mismatch (and
diff --git a/scripts/dev.sh b/scripts/dev.sh
index c5a49737da3..471f0971356 100755
--- a/scripts/dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,17 @@ function pg_start() {
 function mssql_start() {
   mssql_launch_container
   MSSQL_RUNNING=1
-  mssql_wait
+  if [[ `uname -m` == 'arm64' ]]; then
+    # mssql_wait uses the tool sqlcmd to wait for a database connection which unfortunately
+    # is not available for the azure-sql-edge docker image - which is the only image from microsoft
+    # that runs on M1 computers. So we sleep for 20 seconds, cross fingers and hope for the best
+    # see https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/668
+
+    echo "Sleeping for 20 sec while mssql comes up..."
+    sleep 20
+  else
+    mssql_wait
+  fi
 }
 
 function citus_start() {
diff --git a/server/COMPILING-ON-M1.md b/server/COMPILING-ON-M1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7b4c262313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/COMPILING-ON-M1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Compile a native arm64 graphql-engine executable on M1 using brew and ghc-8.10.7
+
+1.  Install ghc-8.10.7 and cabal-install via ghcup
+
+2.  Install dependencies:
+
+    ```sh
+    brew install google-cloud-sdk
+    brew install node@14
+    brew install openssl
+    brew install pcre
+    brew install unixodbc
+    brew install libpq
+    brew install mysql-client@5.7
+    brew install libffi
+    brew install llvm@11
+    ```
+
+     And add them to your environment:
+
+    ```sh
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/node@14/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client@5.7/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@11/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    ```
+
+
+3. Install console assets
+
+   ```sh
+   cd console
+   npm ci
+   npm run server-build
+   cd ..
+   ```
+
+4.  Install python
+
+    ```sh
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/lib"
+
+    cd server
+    python3 -m venv .python-venv
+    source .python-venv/bin/activate
+    pip3 install -r tests-py/requirements.txt
+    (cd tests-py/remote_schemas/nodejs && npm ci)
+    ```
+
+5.  Add the C dependencies in the `cabal.project.dev-sh.local` and `cabal.project.local` files (according to where the dependencies were installed by homebrew):
+
+    ```sh
+    package mysql
+      extra-include-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/include
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client@5.7/include
+      extra-lib-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client@5.7/lib
+
+    package odbc
+      extra-include-dirs: /opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include
+      extra-lib-dirs: /opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/lib
+
+    package pcre-light
+      extra-include-dirs: /opt/homebrew/opt/pcre/include
+      extra-lib-dirs: /opt/homebrew/opt/pcre/lib
+
+    package postgresql-libpq
+      extra-include-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/include
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/include
+      extra-lib-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/lib
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib
+
+    package pg-client
+      extra-include-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/include
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/include
+      extra-lib-dirs:
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/lib
+        /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib
+    ```
+
+    Note: If you don't have special requirements of a `cabal.project.local` you can just add a symbolic link to `cabal.project.dev-sh.local`:
+
+    ```sh
+    ln -s cabal.project.dev-sh.local cabal.project.local
+    ```
+
+
+6.  Building the server should now work:
+
+    ```sh
+    cabal v2-update
+    cabal v2-build graphql-engine -j4
+    ```