diff --git a/contrib/pkginstaller/Makefile b/contrib/pkginstaller/Makefile
index 4e76482a64..f88d5e7a4f 100644
--- a/contrib/pkginstaller/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/pkginstaller/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 SHELL := bash
 
 ARCH ?= aarch64
+ifeq ($(ARCH), aarch64)
+	GOARCH:=arm64
+else
+	GOARCH:=$(ARCH)
+endif
 GVPROXY_VERSION ?= 0.4.0
 QEMU_VERSION ?= 7.1.0-1
 GVPROXY_RELEASE_URL ?= https://github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock/releases/download/v$(GVPROXY_VERSION)/gvproxy-darwin
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ QEMU_RELEASE_URL ?= https://github.com/containers/podman-machine-qemu/releases/d
 PACKAGE_DIR ?= out/packaging
 TMP_DOWNLOAD ?= tmp-download
 PACKAGE_ROOT ?= root
-PKG_NAME := podman-installer-macos-$(ARCH).pkg
+PKG_NAME := podman-installer-macos-$(GOARCH).pkg
 
 default: pkginstaller
 
diff --git a/contrib/pkginstaller/package.sh b/contrib/pkginstaller/package.sh
index f6f7cef168..48d3a85a18 100755
--- a/contrib/pkginstaller/package.sh
+++ b/contrib/pkginstaller/package.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ arch=$(cat "${BASEDIR}/ARCH")
 
 function build_podman() {
   pushd "$1"
-    local goArch="${arch}"
-    if [ "${goArch}" = aarch64 ]; then
-        goArch=arm64
-    fi
     make GOARCH="${goArch}" podman-remote HELPER_BINARIES_DIR="${HELPER_BINARIES_DIR}"
     make GOARCH="${goArch}" podman-mac-helper
     cp bin/darwin/podman "contrib/pkginstaller/out/packaging/${binDir}/podman"
@@ -66,6 +62,11 @@ function signQemu() {
     --entitlements "${BASEDIR}/hvf.entitlements" "${qemuBinDir}/qemu-system-${qemuArch}"
 }
 
+goArch="${arch}"
+if [ "${goArch}" = aarch64 ]; then
+  goArch=arm64
+fi
+
 build_podman "../../../../"
 sign "${binDir}/podman"
 sign "${binDir}/gvproxy"
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ productbuild --distribution "${BASEDIR}/Distribution" \
 rm "${OUTPUT}/podman.pkg"
 
 if [ ! "${NO_CODESIGN}" -eq "1" ]; then
-  productsign --timestamp --sign "${PRODUCTSIGN_IDENTITY}" "${OUTPUT}/podman-unsigned.pkg" "${OUTPUT}/podman-installer-macos-${arch}.pkg"
+  productsign --timestamp --sign "${PRODUCTSIGN_IDENTITY}" "${OUTPUT}/podman-unsigned.pkg" "${OUTPUT}/podman-installer-macos-${goArch}.pkg"
 else
-  mv "${OUTPUT}/podman-unsigned.pkg" "${OUTPUT}/podman-installer-macos-${arch}.pkg"
+  mv "${OUTPUT}/podman-unsigned.pkg" "${OUTPUT}/podman-installer-macos-${goArch}.pkg"
 fi