diff --git a/include/package-defaults.mk b/include/package-defaults.mk
index 649f409f50d168d3bc1eae27a791073ff58f6301..f17653b7fe0ee8b736ee3f046798d7f524eb080e 100644
--- a/include/package-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/package-defaults.mk
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ define Package/Default
   else
     VERSION:=$(PKG_RELEASE)
   endif
-  ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_adm5120),y)
-    PKGARCH:=$(BOARD)
+  ifneq ($(ARCH_PACKAGES),)
+    PKGARCH:=$(ARCH_PACKAGES)
   else
-    PKGARCH:=$(BOARD)_$(ARCH)
+    PKGARCH:=$(BOARD)
   endif
   PRIORITY:=optional
   DEFAULT:=
diff --git a/include/target.mk b/include/target.mk
index d49714c3533045409518034d87fc184f5f971255..9744a7ca7e3d600a03aca4e0d00e1ed64bf7756a 100644
--- a/include/target.mk
+++ b/include/target.mk
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ define BuildTargets/DumpCurrent
 	 echo 'Target-Name: $(BOARDNAME)$(if $(SUBTARGETS),$(if $(SUBTARGET),))'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Path: $(subst $(TOPDIR)/,,$(PWD))'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Arch: $(ARCH)'; \
+	 echo 'Target-Arch-Packages: $(if $(ARCH_PACKAGES),$(ARCH_PACKAGES),$(BOARD))'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Features: $(FEATURES)'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Depends: $(DEPENDS)'; \
 	 echo 'Target-Optimization: $(if $(CFLAGS),$(CFLAGS),$(DEFAULT_CFLAGS))'; \
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 1ce28e1bbae5651924c4dff53e03a93107d9120e..e07b06c2e59708fdf66beb74240b272f70827a40 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ strip_last=$(patsubst %.$(lastword $(subst .,$(space),$(1))),%,$(1))
 _SINGLE=export MAKEFLAGS=$(space);
 CFLAGS:=
 ARCH:=$(subst i486,i386,$(subst i586,i386,$(subst i686,i386,$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_ARCH)))))
+ARCH_PACKAGES:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_ARCH_PACKAGES))
 BOARD:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_BOARD))
 TARGET_OPTIMIZATION:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION))
 TARGET_SUFFIX=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_SUFFIX))
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pl b/scripts/metadata.pl
index 336605f7b0edf6d05d42491c56ed8ed5eb716f71..2e90257270b8c3e21a10ffebe6d8fae81a64b55d 100755
--- a/scripts/metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pl
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ sub parse_target_metadata() {
 		/^Target-Name:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{name} = $1;
 		/^Target-Path:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{path} = $1;
 		/^Target-Arch:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{arch} = $1;
+		/^Target-Arch-Packages:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{arch_packages} = $1;
 		/^Target-Features:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{features} = [ split(/\s+/, $1) ];
 		/^Target-Depends:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and $target->{depends} = [ split(/\s+/, $1) ];
 		/^Target-Description:/ and $target->{desc} = get_multiline(*FILE);
@@ -335,6 +336,15 @@ EOF
 		$target->{subtarget} or	print "\t\tdefault \"".$target->{board}."\" if TARGET_".$target->{conf}."\n";
 	}
 	print <<EOF;
+config TARGET_ARCH_PACKAGES
+	string
+	
+EOF
+	foreach my $target (@target) {
+		next if @{$target->{subtargets}} > 0;
+		print "\t\tdefault \"".($target->{arch_packages} || $target->{board})."\" if TARGET_".$target->{conf}."\n";
+	}
+	print <<EOF;
 
 config DEFAULT_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION
 	string