diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb150b79e4ed051719d1fb0afad5aeb475f8e693..12fe9851164bd01ab1eb5ac74032cfc2e2be0b7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Bazel
 bazel-*
+WORKSPACE
 
 # Temporary files
 *.pyc
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE.in
similarity index 100%
rename from WORKSPACE
rename to WORKSPACE.in
diff --git a/apollo.sh b/apollo.sh
index 561dd985aabb31b8589d33ab0e97b78db5722370..490a955668392d879a74c60854972051506e56cb 100755
--- a/apollo.sh
+++ b/apollo.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ function apollo_check_system_config() {
 function check_machine_arch() {
   # the machine type, currently support x86_64, aarch64
   MACHINE_ARCH=$(uname -m)
-  if [ "${MACHINE_ARCH}" != "x86_64" ] && [ "${MACHINE_ARCH}" != "aarch64" ]; then
+
+  # Generate WORKSPACE file based on marchine architecture
+  if [ "$MACHINE_ARCH" == 'x86_64' ]; then
+    sed "s/MACHINE_ARCH/x86_64/g" WORKSPACE.in > WORKSPACE
+  elif [ "$MACHINE_ARCH" == 'aarch64' ]; then
+    sed "s/MACHINE_ARCH/aarch64/g" WORKSPACE.in > WORKSPACE
+  else
     fail "Unknown machine architecture $MACHINE_ARCH"
     exit 1
   fi