diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
index 18e227144a..7501837937 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ inherit packagegroup
 
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_vim ?= "vim-tiny"
 
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     base-passwd \
     bash \