diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 240597b51..c00b232d9 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM node:22-alpine AS build
+# The Nx builds below emit platform-independent JS/static assets. During
+# multi-arch publish builds, keep that heavy build stage on the native builder
+# platform instead of running Node/Nx through QEMU for linux/arm64.
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM node:22-alpine AS build
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++ git
 
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 30e49b150..1c4876d22 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ pnpm nx build web --configuration=pwa
 pnpm nx build web-backend
 ```
 
+Those Nx builds generate platform-independent JS and static assets. In
+multi-architecture CI builds, the Dockerfile runs this build stage on the native
+BuildKit builder platform, then copies the generated output into each target
+runtime image. That avoids running the Angular/Nx build through QEMU when
+publishing `linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64` images.
+
 ## Published Docker Tags
 
 Pull request builds validate the Dockerfile without pushing an image. Docker