diff --git a/make-linux.mk b/make-linux.mk
index 6fdfb8a4d..329726622 100644
--- a/make-linux.mk
+++ b/make-linux.mk
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ debian-clean: FORCE
 	rm -rf debian/files debian/zerotier-one*.debhelper debian/zerotier-one.substvars debian/*.log debian/zerotier-one debian/.debhelper debian/debhelper-build-stamp
 
 redhat:	FORCE
-	rpmbuild -ba zerotier-one.spec
+	rpmbuild --target `rpm -q bash --qf "%{arch}"` -ba zerotier-one.spec
 
 # This installs the packages needed to build ZT locally on CentOS 7 and
 # is here largely for documentation purposes.