diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_other.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bc7a9b11422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build linux && !(amd64 || arm64)
+
+package file_integrity
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
+)
+
+func newEBPFReader(c Config, l *logp.Logger) (EventProducer, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("ebpf reader is not implemented on this system")
+}
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_supported.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_supported.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..186e17b2bc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/ebpfreader_supported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build linux && (amd64 || arm64)
+
+package file_integrity
+
+import "github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
+
+func newEBPFReader(c Config, l *logp.Logger) (EventProducer, error) {
+	paths := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, p := range c.Paths {
+		paths[p] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	return &ebpfReader{
+		config:  c,
+		log:     l,
+		parsers: FileParsers(c),
+		paths:   paths,
+		eventC:  make(chan Event),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_ebpf.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_ebpf.go
index 2fb452861e84..8e56866d9b1f 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_ebpf.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_ebpf.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux && (amd64 || arm64)
 
 package file_integrity
 
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_linux.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_linux.go
index c6b3d330c772..594fc67e750a 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_linux.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/eventreader_linux.go
@@ -41,18 +41,7 @@ func NewEventReader(c Config, logger *logp.Logger) (EventProducer, error) {
 		l := logger.Named("ebpf")
 		l.Info("selected backend: ebpf")
 
-		paths := make(map[string]struct{})
-		for _, p := range c.Paths {
-			paths[p] = struct{}{}
-		}
-
-		return &ebpfReader{
-			config:  c,
-			log:     l,
-			parsers: FileParsers(c),
-			paths:   paths,
-			eventC:  make(chan Event),
-		}, nil
+		return newEBPFReader(c, l)
 	}
 
 	if c.Backend == BackendKprobes {
diff --git a/libbeat/ebpf/watcher_linux.go b/libbeat/ebpf/watcher_linux.go
index e0da448d87a6..7fea4b571c7a 100644
--- a/libbeat/ebpf/watcher_linux.go
+++ b/libbeat/ebpf/watcher_linux.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux && (amd64 || arm64)
 
 package ebpf