diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3bb03f423a..dacc95172d 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -158,6 +158,19 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 		ifeq ($(shell test -x /usr/local/opt/gettext/bin/msgfmt && echo y),y)
 			MSGFMT = /usr/local/opt/gettext/bin/msgfmt
 		endif
+	# On newer ARM-based machines the default installation path has changed to
+	# /opt/homebrew. Include it in our search paths so that the user does not
+	# have to configure this manually.
+	#
+	# Note that we do not employ the same workaround as above where we manually
+	# add gettext. The issue was fixed more than three years ago by now, and at
+	# that point there haven't been any ARM-based Macs yet.
+	else ifeq ($(shell test -d /opt/homebrew/ && echo y),y)
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/opt/homebrew/include
+		BASIC_LDFLAGS += -L/opt/homebrew/lib
+		ifeq ($(shell test -x /opt/homebrew/bin/msgfmt && echo y),y)
+			MSGFMT = /opt/homebrew/bin/msgfmt
+		endif
 	endif
 
 	# The builtin FSMonitor on MacOS builds upon Simple-IPC.  Both require