diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 8864164f15..31aa6ecced 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ else:
   qt_libs = [f"Qt5{m}" for m in qt_modules]
   if arch == "larch64":
     qt_libs += ["GLESv2", "wayland-client"]
+    qt_env.PrependENVPath('PATH', Dir("#third_party/qt5/larch64/bin/").abspath)
   elif arch != "Darwin":
     qt_libs += ["GL"]
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 2fb7227f63..0f28f5ccc3 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -74,13 +74,12 @@ translation_sources = [f"#selfdrive/ui/translations/{l}.ts" for l in languages.v
 translation_targets = [src.replace(".ts", ".qm") for src in translation_sources]
 lrelease_bin = 'third_party/qt5/larch64/bin/lrelease' if arch == 'larch64' else 'lrelease'
 
+lupdate = qt_env.Command(translation_sources, qt_src, "selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py")
 lrelease = qt_env.Command(translation_targets, translation_sources, f"{lrelease_bin} $SOURCES")
-if arch != 'larch64':
-  lupdate = qt_env.Command(translation_sources, qt_src, "selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py")
-  qt_env.Depends(lrelease, lupdate)
-  qt_env.NoClean(translation_sources)
-  qt_env.Precious(translation_sources)
-  qt_env.NoCache(lupdate)
+qt_env.Depends(lrelease, lupdate)
+qt_env.NoClean(translation_sources)
+qt_env.Precious(translation_sources)
+qt_env.NoCache(lupdate)
 
 # setup and factory resetter
 if GetOption('extras'):