diff --git a/releases/specs/arm64/musl-hardened/stage1.spec b/releases/specs/arm64/musl-hardened/stage1.spec
index e67d1bee..e6367e96 100644
--- a/releases/specs/arm64/musl-hardened/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/arm64/musl-hardened/stage1.spec
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ update_seed_command: --update --deep --jobs=5 --newuse --complete-graph @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-musl
 repos: /root/musl
 portage_prefix: releng
+chost: aarch64-gentoo-linux-musl
diff --git a/releases/specs/arm64/musl/stage1.spec b/releases/specs/arm64/musl/stage1.spec
index 6f09d611..6e25c0f5 100644
--- a/releases/specs/arm64/musl/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/arm64/musl/stage1.spec
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ update_seed_command: --update --deep --jobs=5 --newuse --complete-graph @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-musl
 repos: /root/musl
 portage_prefix: releng
+chost: aarch64-gentoo-linux-musl