diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
index 0a7bf291843..5f09ac6698d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/CreateTemplateCmd.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.cloud.cpu.CPU;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.SecurityChecker;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiCommandResourceType;
@@ -148,6 +149,11 @@ public class CreateTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
           since = "4.19.0")
     private String accountName;
 
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.ARCH, type = CommandType.STRING,
+            description = "the CPU arch of the template. Valid options are: x86_64, aarch64. Defaults to x86_64",
+            since = "4.20.2")
+    private String arch;
+
     // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // ///////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -234,6 +240,10 @@ public class CreateTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd implements UserCmd {
         return accountName;
     }
 
+    public CPU.CPUArch getArch() {
+        return CPU.CPUArch.fromType(arch);
+    }
+
     // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // ///////////// API Implementation///////////////////
     // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
index 9f23bdef142..cf88ccec919 100755
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -1831,6 +1831,7 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements TemplateManager,
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Failed to create private template record, please specify only one of volume ID (" + volumeId +
                     ") and snapshot ID (" + snapshotId + ")");
         }
+        CPU.CPUArch arch = cmd.getArch();
 
         HypervisorType hyperType;
         VolumeVO volume = null;
@@ -1923,7 +1924,6 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements TemplateManager,
         String description = cmd.getDisplayText();
         boolean isExtractable = false;
         Long sourceTemplateId = null;
-        CPU.CPUArch arch = CPU.CPUArch.amd64;
         if (volume != null) {
             VMTemplateVO template = ApiDBUtils.findTemplateById(volume.getTemplateId());
             isExtractable = template != null && template.isExtractable() && template.getTemplateType() != Storage.TemplateType.SYSTEM;
diff --git a/ui/src/views/storage/CreateTemplate.vue b/ui/src/views/storage/CreateTemplate.vue
index 65941d39a9d..d974092a5f8 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/storage/CreateTemplate.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/storage/CreateTemplate.vue
@@ -129,6 +129,25 @@
           </a-select-option>
           </a-select>
       </a-form-item>
+      <a-form-item
+        name="arch"
+        ref="arch">
+        <template #label>
+          <tooltip-label :title="$t('label.arch')" :tooltip="apiParams.arch.description"/>
+        </template>
+        <a-select
+          showSearch
+          optionFilterProp="label"
+          :filterOption="(input, option) => {
+            return option.children[0].children.toLowerCase().indexOf(input.toLowerCase()) >= 0
+          }"
+          v-model:value="form.arch"
+          :placeholder="apiParams.arch.description">
+          <a-select-option v-for="opt in architectureTypes.opts" :key="opt.id">
+            {{ opt.name || opt.description }}
+          </a-select-option>
+        </a-select>
+      </a-form-item>
       <a-row :gutter="12">
         <a-col :md="24" :lg="12">
           <a-form-item ref="isdynamicallyscalable" name="isdynamicallyscalable">
@@ -163,7 +182,7 @@
                 <tooltip-label :title="$t('label.isfeatured')" :tooltip="apiParams.isfeatured.description"/>
               </template>
               <a-switch v-model:checked="form.isfeatured" />
-            </a-form-item>
+          </a-form-item>
         </a-col>
       </a-row>
       <div :span="24" class="action-button">
@@ -204,7 +223,8 @@ export default {
       accounts: [],
       domainLoading: false,
       domainid: null,
-      account: null
+      account: null,
+      architectureTypes: {}
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -239,6 +259,7 @@ export default {
       if ('listDomains' in this.$store.getters.apis) {
         this.fetchDomains()
       }
+      this.architectureTypes.opts = this.$fetchCpuArchitectureTypes()
     },
     fetchOsTypes () {
       this.osTypes.opts = []