diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index e94586e..c274296 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ package_tryout_install_multilib_ipk() {
 	multilib_tryout_dirs=""
 	for item in ${MULTILIB_VARIANTS}; do
 		local target_rootfs="${MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS}/${item}"
-		local ipkg_args="-f ${INSTALL_CONF_IPK} -o ${target_rootfs} --force_overwrite"
+		local ipkg_args="-f ${INSTALL_CONF_IPK} -o ${target_rootfs} \
+				--force_overwrite --force-arch"
 		local selected_pkg=""
 		local pkgname_prefix="${item}-"
 		local pkgname_len=${#pkgname_prefix}
@@ -139,7 +140,8 @@ package_install_internal_ipk() {
 
 	mkdir -p ${target_rootfs}${localstatedir}/lib/opkg/
 
-	local ipkg_args="-f ${conffile} -o ${target_rootfs} --force-overwrite --force_postinstall"
+	local ipkg_args="-f ${conffile} -o ${target_rootfs} --force-overwrite \
+			--force_postinstall --force-arch"
 
 	opkg-cl ${ipkg_args} update