diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c33abf4..f35da03 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -255,18 +255,24 @@ trap term EXIT INT TERM
 
 dependencies_check "${BASE_DIR}/depends"
 
+
+PAGESIZE=$(getconf PAGESIZE)
+if [ "$ARCH" == "armhf" ] && [ "$PAGESIZE" != "4096" ]; then
+	echo
+	echo "ERROR: Building an $ARCH image requires a kernel with a 4k page size (current: $PAGESIZE)"
+	echo "On Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit), you can switch to a suitable kernel by adding the following to /boot/firmware/config.txt and rebooting:"
+	echo
+	echo "kernel=kernel8.img"
+	echo "initramfs initramfs8 followkernel"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Checking native $ARCH executable support..."
 if ! arch-test -n "$ARCH"; then
 	echo "WARNING: Only a native build environment is supported. Checking emulated support..."
 	if ! arch-test "$ARCH"; then
 		echo "No fallback mechanism found. Ensure your OS has binfmt_misc support enabled and configured."
-		PAGESIZE=$(getconf PAGESIZE)
-		if [ "$ARCH" == "armhf" ] && [ "$PAGESIZE" != "4096" ]; then
-			echo
-			echo "Building an $ARCH image requires a kernel with a 4k page size"
-			echo "Current pagesize: $PAGESIZE"
-			echo "On Raspberry Pi OS, you can switch to a suitable kernel by adding kernel=kernel8.img to /boot/firmware/config.txt and rebooting"
-		fi
 		exit 1
 	fi
 fi