diff --git a/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/AudacityDependencies.cmake b/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/AudacityDependencies.cmake
index 6557287ce..8fad83465 100644
--- a/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/AudacityDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/AudacityDependencies.cmake
@@ -211,9 +211,14 @@ function ( _conan_install build_type )
     conan_cmake_autodetect(settings BUILD_TYPE ${build_type})
 
     if( CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin" )
+        # TODO: Read the target CPU architecture from the CMake option
         # We have no AppleSilicon support yet
         list( APPEND settings "arch=x86_64" )
-        list (APPEND settings "os.version=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
+        list( APPEND settings "os.version=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" )
+        # This line is required to workaround the conan bug #8025
+        # https://github.com/conan-io/conan/issues/8025
+        # Without it, libjpeg-turbo will fail to cross-compile on AppleSilicon macs 
+        list( APPEND settings ENV "CONAN_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=x86_64")
     endif()
 
     if (build_type MATCHES "MinSizeRel|RelWithDebInfo")