diff --git a/bin/cross-compile.go b/bin/cross-compile.go
index 4c075afc5..d40f3798b 100644
--- a/bin/cross-compile.go
+++ b/bin/cross-compile.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func compileArch(version, goos, goarch, dir string) bool {
 			artifacts := []string{buildZip(dir)}
 			// build a .deb and .rpm if appropriate
 			if goos == "linux" {
-				artifacts = append(artifacts, buildDebAndRpm(dir, version, goarch)...)
+				artifacts = append(artifacts, buildDebAndRpm(dir, version, stripVersion(goarch))...)
 			}
 			if *copyAs != "" {
 				for _, artifact := range artifacts {