diff --git a/conf/bitbake.conf b/conf/bitbake.conf
index c2f7666..24684e5 100644
--- a/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ PACKAGE_ARCHS = "all any noarch ${TARGET_ARCH} ${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS} ${MACHINE}
 MULTIMACH_ARCH = "${PACKAGE_ARCH}"
 MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS = "${MULTIMACH_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}"
 MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS = "${MULTIMACH_ARCH}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}"
-BASEPKG_HOST_SYS = "${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}"
+BASEPKG_HOST_SYS = "${HOST_ARCH}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}"
 BASEPKG_TARGET_SYS = "${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}"
 
 # select proper CPU to get binary locales generated