diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
index 1dc8c4b030..a4b45cb61c 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 - name: Install required packages
   package:
-    name: ['openqa-worker', 'os-autoinst', 'ffmpeg-free']
+    name: ['openqa-worker', 'os-autoinst']
     state: latest
     enablerepo: "{{ openqa_repo }}"
   notify:
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@
   user: name=_openqa-worker groups=geekotest append=yes
   when: "openqa_static_uid is defined"
 
+- name: Install ffmpeg-free (not on aarch64)
+  package: name=ffmpeg-free state=present
+  tags:
+  - packages
+  when: "ansible_architecture is defined and ansible_architecture != 'aarch64'"
+
+
 - name: Install UEFI firmware package (x86_64 only)
   package: name=edk2-ovmf state=present
   tags: