diff --git a/makebuildserver b/makebuildserver
index 20aa3d56..ccc987c6 100755
--- a/makebuildserver
+++ b/makebuildserver
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ options, args = parser.parse_args()
 # set up default config
 cachedir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.cache', 'fdroidserver')
 config = {
-    'arch64': False,
+    'arch64': True,
     'basebox': 'jessie64',
     # TODO in py3, convert this to pathlib.Path(absolute_path_string).as_uri()
     'baseboxurl': [