diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
index abd82c05472..cd58ca35cdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         arch:
           - s390x
+          - riscv64
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Fluent Bit code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -188,19 +189,19 @@ jobs:
         id: build-and-test-on-qemu
         with:
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-          distro: ubuntu20.04
+          distro: ubuntu22.04
           shell: /bin/bash
           dockerRunArgs: |
             --volume "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
             --volume "/etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id"
           install: |
             apt-get update
-            apt-get install -y gcc-7 g++-7 clang-6.0 libyaml-dev cmake flex bison libssl-dev libbpf-dev linux-tools-common#libsystemd-dev
-            ln -s /usr/bin/llvm-symbolizer-6.0 /usr/bin/llvm-symbolizer || true
+            apt-get install -y gcc-12 g++-12 libyaml-dev cmake flex bison libssl-dev libbpf-dev linux-tools-common #clang-6.0 libsystemd-dev
+            # ln -s /usr/bin/llvm-symbolizer-6.0 /usr/bin/llvm-symbolizer || true
 
-            update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-7 90
-            update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-7 90
-            update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-6.0 90
+            update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-12 90
+            update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-12 90
+            # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-6.0 90
           run: |
             cd build
             export nparallel=$(( $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) > 8 ? 8 : $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) ))
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 72a375bf47c..5e5336b3cfa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ if (FLB_SYSTEM_LINUX)
   include(cmake/s390x.cmake)
 endif ()
 
+# Build for Linux - riscv64 arch
+if (FLB_SYSTEM_LINUX)
+  include(cmake/riscv64.cmake)
+endif ()
+
 # Extract Git commit information for debug output.
 # Note that this is only set when cmake is run, the intent here is to use in CI for verification of releases so is acceptable.
 # For a better solution see https://jonathanhamberg.com/post/cmake-embedding-git-hash/ but this is simple and easy.
diff --git a/cmake/riscv64.cmake b/cmake/riscv64.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4a8fb15751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/riscv64.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^(riscv64)")
+  message(STATUS "Forcing characters to be signed, as on x86_64.")
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsigned-char")
+  if(FLB_LUAJIT)
+    message(WARNING "LuaJIT is disabled, this platform does not support built-in LuaJIT and system provided one neither.")
+    set(FLB_LUAJIT OFF)
+  endif()
+endif ()