diff --git a/mock/6.9-updates.noarch.cfg b/mock/6.9-updates.noarch.cfg
index 05593bb..8e55a58 100644
--- a/mock/6.9-updates.noarch.cfg
+++ b/mock/6.9-updates.noarch.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'noarch'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('noarch',)
+config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('noarch','x86_64',)
 config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el6'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 config_opts['macros']['%dist'] = ".el6"
diff --git a/mock/6.9-updates.x86_64.cfg b/mock/6.9-updates.x86_64.cfg
index 761efd5..80354bb 100644
--- a/mock/6.9-updates.x86_64.cfg
+++ b/mock/6.9-updates.x86_64.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64',)
+config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64','noarch',)
 config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el6'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 config_opts['macros']['%dist'] = ".el6"
diff --git a/mock/c7.1708.u.noarch.cfg b/mock/c7.1708.u.noarch.cfg
index 5b38257..df8f71b 100644
--- a/mock/c7.1708.u.noarch.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.1708.u.noarch.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'noarch'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = (noarch,)
+config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('noarch','x86_64',)
 config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
diff --git a/mock/c7.1708.u.x86_64.cfg b/mock/c7.1708.u.x86_64.cfg
index 3520a3f..782db3f 100644
--- a/mock/c7.1708.u.x86_64.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.1708.u.x86_64.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64',)
+config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64','noarch',)
 config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst