diff --git a/rules/ethtool.mk b/rules/ethtool.mk
index b79eaad7afa..11c857811a1 100644
--- a/rules/ethtool.mk
+++ b/rules/ethtool.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE = 5.9
 export ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE
 
-ETHTOOL = ethtool_$(ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE)-1_amd64.deb
+ETHTOOL = ethtool_$(ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE)-1_$(CONFIGURED_ARCH).deb
 $(ETHTOOL)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/ethtool
 SONIC_MAKE_DEBS += $(ETHTOOL)
 
-ETHTOOL_DBG = ethtool-dbgsym_$(ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE)-1_amd64.deb
+ETHTOOL_DBG = ethtool-dbgsym_$(ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE)-1_$(CONFIGURED_ARCH).deb
 $(eval $(call add_extra_package,$(ETHTOOL),$(ETHTOOL_DBG)))
 
 export ETHTOOL ETHTOOL_DBG
diff --git a/src/ethtool/Makefile b/src/ethtool/Makefile
index 2f5a3acc94d..16b20288397 100644
--- a/src/ethtool/Makefile
+++ b/src/ethtool/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	git clone https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/ethtool/
 	pushd ethtool
 	git checkout tags/debian/1%$(ETHTOOL_VERSION_BASE)-1
+ifneq (,(filter $(CONFIGURED_ARCH),arm64 armhf))
+	#Netlink based user-space interface support for ethtool is disabled will be using ioctl interface instead
+	sed -i 's/enable_netlink=yes/enable_netlink=no/g' configure.ac  
+endif
 	# Build package
 	dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -us -uc -j$(SONIC_CONFIG_MAKE_JOBS) --admindir $(SONIC_DPKG_ADMINDIR)
 	popd