diff --git a/arch-nspawn.in b/arch-nspawn.in
index fdff31e8de71dbb2f171c13b8fcc53df7700e662..b3dfbfba60c360741549d861f74f762d37916ce8 100644
--- a/arch-nspawn.in
+++ b/arch-nspawn.in
@@ -96,4 +96,10 @@ fi
 build_mount_args
 copy_hostconf
 
-exec systemd-nspawn -D "$working_dir" --machine "${working_dir//\//-}" "${mount_args[@]}" "$@"
+eval $(grep '^CARCH=' "$working_dir/etc/makepkg.conf")
+
+exec ${CARCH:+setarch "$CARCH"} systemd-nspawn \
+	-D "$working_dir" \
+	--machine "${working_dir//\//-}" \
+	"${mount_args[@]}" \
+	"$@"
diff --git a/archbuild.in b/archbuild.in
index 9f1b98a32fa2b9635540271001557c39610fb825..097cc3794c2d56a9de1907db3f79083dbed9a534 100644
--- a/archbuild.in
+++ b/archbuild.in
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if ${clean_first} || [[ ! -d "${chroots}/${repo}-${arch}" ]]; then
 		"${base_packages[@]}" || abort
 else
 	lock 9 "${chroots}/${repo}-${arch}/root.lock" "Locking clean chroot"
-	setarch ${arch} arch-nspawn \
+	arch-nspawn \
 		-C "@pkgdatadir@/pacman-${repo}.conf" \
 		-M "@pkgdatadir@/makepkg-${arch}.conf" \
 		"${chroots}/${repo}-${arch}/root" \
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ else
 fi
 
 msg "Building in chroot for [${repo}] (${arch})..."
-exec setarch "${arch}" makechrootpkg "${makechrootpkg_args[@]}" -r "${chroots}/${repo}-${arch}"
+exec makechrootpkg "${makechrootpkg_args[@]}" -r "${chroots}/${repo}-${arch}"