diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index de4bfb55e1287..b24c29045ae05 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ EOF
 	dpkg-source -cdebian/control -ldebian/changelog --format="3.0 (custom)" --target-format="3.0 (quilt)" \
 		-b / ../${sourcename}_${version}.orig.tar.gz  ../${sourcename}_${packageversion}.debian.tar.gz
 	mv ${sourcename}_${packageversion}*dsc ..
-	dpkg-genchanges > ../${sourcename}_${packageversion}_${debarch}.changes
+  dpkg-genchanges -Vkernel:debarch="${debarch}" > ../${sourcename}_${packageversion}_${debarch}.changes
 else
-	dpkg-genchanges -b > ../${sourcename}_${packageversion}_${debarch}.changes
+  dpkg-genchanges -b -Vkernel:debarch="${debarch}" > ../${sourcename}_${packageversion}_${debarch}.changes
 fi
 
 exit 0