diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 070b258865f84d6754e3295674b617bbe73241d8..67bcf85acc1f012ec7fdb0ee3e7bb603f1ff0666 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ tar:
 
 # generate a binary distribution
 tarbin:
-	( cd / ; tar zcvf ~/qemu-$(VERSION)-i386.tar.gz \
+	( cd / ; tar zcvf ~/qemu-$(VERSION)-$(ARCH).tar.gz \
 	$(bindir)/qemu \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc64 \