diff --git a/tools/install_modules.sh b/tools/install_modules.sh
index 7ca3e3f9a..385dbdb73 100755
--- a/tools/install_modules.sh
+++ b/tools/install_modules.sh
@@ -7,89 +7,119 @@
 
 ## Test suite installation helper script
 
+IS_APPLE=0
+IS_APPLE_SILICON=0
+
+UNAME=$(uname -s)
+if [ "${UNAME}" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  IS_APPLE=1
+fi
+
+if [ ${IS_APPLE} -eq 1 ]; then
+  if [ "$(sysctl -in hw.optional.arm64 2>/dev/null)" == "1" ]; then
+    IS_APPLE_SILICON=1
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Sum of all exit codes
 ERRORS=0
 
-cpanm Authen::Passphrase::LANManager \
-      Authen::Passphrase::MySQL323   \
-      Authen::Passphrase::NTHash     \
-      Authen::Passphrase::PHPass     \
-      Bitcoin::Crypto                \
-      Bitcoin::Crypto::Base58        \
-      Compress::Zlib                 \
-      Convert::EBCDIC                \
-      Crypt::Argon2                  \
-      Crypt::AuthEnc::GCM            \
-      Crypt::Camellia                \
-      Crypt::CBC                     \
-      Crypt::Cipher::Serpent         \
-      Crypt::DES                     \
-      Crypt::DES_EDE3                \
-      Crypt::Digest::BLAKE2s_256     \
-      Crypt::Digest::RIPEMD160       \
-      Crypt::Digest::Whirlpool       \
-      Crypt::ECB                     \
-      Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt     \
-      Crypt::GCrypt                  \
-      Crypt::Mode::CBC               \
-      Crypt::Mode::ECB               \
-      Crypt::MySQL                   \
-      Crypt::OpenSSH::ChachaPoly     \
-      Crypt::OpenSSL::EC             \
-      Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum::CTX    \
-      Crypt::Passwd::XS              \
-      Crypt::PBKDF2                  \
-      Crypt::RC4                     \
-      Crypt::Rijndael                \
-      Crypt::ScryptKDF               \
-      Crypt::Skip32                  \
-      Crypt::Twofish                 \
-      Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS            \
-      Data::Types                    \
-      Digest::CMAC                   \
-      Digest::CRC                    \
-      Digest::GOST                   \
-      Digest::HMAC                   \
-      Digest::HMAC_MD5               \
-      Digest::Keccak                 \
-      Digest::MD4                    \
-      Digest::MD5                    \
-      Digest::MurmurHash3            \
-      Digest::Perl::MD5              \
-      Digest::SHA                    \
-      Digest::SHA1                   \
-      Digest::SHA3                   \
-      Digest::SipHash                \
-      Encode                         \
-      JSON                           \
-      Math::BigInt                   \
-      MIME::Base64                   \
-      Module::Build                  \
-      Net::DNS::RR::NSEC3            \
-      Net::DNS::SEC                  \
-      POSIX                          \
-      Text::Iconv                    \
+cpanm Authen::Passphrase::LANManager   \
+      Authen::Passphrase::MySQL323     \
+      Authen::Passphrase::NTHash       \
+      Authen::Passphrase::PHPass       \
+      Bitcoin::Crypto                  \
+      Bitcoin::Crypto::Base58          \
+      Compress::Zlib                   \
+      Convert::EBCDIC                  \
+      Crypt::Argon2                    \
+      Crypt::AuthEnc::GCM              \
+      Crypt::Camellia                  \
+      Crypt::CBC                       \
+      Crypt::Cipher::Serpent           \
+      Crypt::DES                       \
+      Crypt::DES_EDE3                  \
+      Crypt::Digest::BLAKE2s_256       \
+      Crypt::Digest::RIPEMD160         \
+      Crypt::Digest::Whirlpool         \
+      Crypt::ECB                       \
+      Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt       \
+      Crypt::GCrypt                    \
+      Crypt::Mode::CBC                 \
+      Crypt::Mode::ECB                 \
+      Crypt::MySQL                     \
+      Crypt::OpenSSH::ChachaPoly       \
+      Crypt::OpenSSL::EC               \
+      Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum::CTX      \
+      Crypt::Passwd::XS                \
+      Crypt::PBKDF2                    \
+      Crypt::RC4                       \
+      Crypt::Rijndael                  \
+      Crypt::ScryptKDF                 \
+      Crypt::Skip32                    \
+      Crypt::Twofish                   \
+      Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS              \
+      Data::Types                      \
+      Digest::CMAC                     \
+      Digest::CRC                      \
+      Digest::GOST                     \
+      Digest::HMAC                     \
+      Digest::HMAC_MD5                 \
+      Digest::Keccak                   \
+      Digest::MD4                      \
+      Digest::MD5                      \
+      Digest::MurmurHash3              \
+      Digest::Perl::MD5                \
+      Digest::SHA                      \
+      Digest::SHA1                     \
+      Digest::SHA3                     \
+      Digest::SipHash                  \
+      Encode                           \
+      JSON                             \
+      Math::BigInt                     \
+      MIME::Base64                     \
+      Module::Build                    \
+      Module::Build::Pluggable::XSUtil \
+      Net::DNS::RR::NSEC3              \
+      Net::DNS::SEC                    \
+      POSIX                            \
+      Text::Iconv                      \
       ;
 
 ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
 
-cpanm https://github.com/matrix/p5-Digest-BLAKE2.git
+perl -MDigest::BLAKE2 -e1 &>/dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  cpanm https://github.com/matrix/p5-Digest-BLAKE2.git
+  ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
+fi
 
-ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
+# checks for pyenv
 
 pyenv_enabled=0
 
-# check for pyenv
 which pyenv &>/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 
   if [[ $(pyenv version-name) != "system" ]]; then
+
     # active session detected
     pyenv_enabled=1
+
   else
+
     # enum last version available
     latest=$(pyenv install --list | grep -E "^\s*3\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]$" | tail -n 1)
 
+    if [ $IS_APPLE -eq 1 ]; then
+      if [ $IS_APPLE_SILICON -eq 0 ]; then
+        # workaround but with pyenv and Apple Intel with brew binutils in path
+        remove_path="$(brew --prefix)/opt/binutils/bin"
+        PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | tr ':' '\n' | awk '$0 != "${remove_path}"' | xargs | sed 's/ /:/g')
+        export $PATH
+      fi
+    fi
+
     # install the latest version or skip it if it is already present
     pyenv install -s ${latest}
 
@@ -98,50 +128,46 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
       pyenv_enabled=1
     fi
+
   fi
 fi
 
 if [ ${pyenv_enabled} -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "! something is wrong with pyenv. Please setup latest version manually and re-run this script.
 
-  ((ERRORS++))
+  echo "! something is wrong with pyenv. Please setup latest version manually and re-run this script."
+  (( ERRORS++ ))
+
 else
+
   echo "> Installing python3 deps ..."
 
   pip3 install git+https://github.com/matrix/pygost
-
   ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
 
-  # pip3 uninstall -y pycryptoplus pycrypto pycryptodome
-
   pip3 install pycryptoplus
-
   ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
 
-  # pip3 uninstall -y pycryptodome # latest versions do not require this work around anymore
-  pip3 install pycrypto
-
+  pip3 install pycryptodome
   ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
 
   pip3 install cryptography
-
   ERRORS=$((ERRORS+$?))
+
 fi
 
-php --version > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-
-if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
-then
-  echo '[ ERROR ] php must be installed for some unit tests'
+php --version &> /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "! php must be installed for some unit tests'
 
   ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
 fi
 
 echo
-if [ $ERRORS -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo '[  OK  ] All commands were successful'
-  exit 0
-else
+
+if [ $ERRORS -gt 0 ]; then
   echo '[ FAIL ] Some commands were not successful'
   exit 1
 fi
+
+echo '[  OK  ] All commands were successful'
+exit 0