diff --git a/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass b/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
index e0e5b1c..fc67302 100644
--- a/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PACKAGES = "${PN}"
 # By default, packagegroup packages do not depend on a certain architecture.
 # Only if dependencies are modified by MACHINE_FEATURES, packages
 # need to be set to MACHINE_ARCH after inheriting packagegroup.bbclass
-PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
+inherit allarch
 
 # This automatically adds -dbg and -dev flavours of all PACKAGES
 # to the list. Their dependencies (RRECOMMENDS) are handled as usual
diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index e1bc89d..6de35e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python () {
         d.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', d.expand("${SDK_ARCH}"))
     elif bb.data.inherits_class('cross-canadian', d):
         d.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', d.expand("${SDK_ARCH}_${PACKAGE_ARCH}"))
-    elif bb.data.inherits_class('allarch', d):
+    elif bb.data.inherits_class('allarch', d) and d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCH", True) == "all":
         d.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', "allarch")
     else:
         d.setVar('SSTATE_MANMACH', d.expand("${PACKAGE_ARCH}"))
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-cross-canadian.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-cross-canadian.bb
index cb2fb1a..87c7dce 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-cross-canadian.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-cross-canadian.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ PN = "packagegroup-cross-canadian-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}"
 PR = "r0"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 
+# Save TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH before allarch tramples it
+TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH := "${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}"
+
 inherit cross-canadian packagegroup
 
 PACKAGEGROUP_DISABLE_COMPLEMENTARY = "1"