diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-buildessential.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-buildessential.bb
index 32f4ac3586..2cd67ad05f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-buildessential.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-buildessential.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 SUMMARY = "Essential build dependencies"
 
+# libstdc++ gets debian renamed
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
+
 inherit packagegroup
 
 RDEPENDS:packagegroup-core-buildessential = "\