diff --git a/0001-replace-basearch-when-updating-the-ref.patch b/0001-replace-basearch-when-updating-the-ref.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..758af040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-replace-basearch-when-updating-the-ref.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 575fd872661f288c90d2fc8498e4db9ffddc4a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:22:43 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] replace ${basearch} when updating the ref
+
+pungi-make-ostree has to run on the target arch so that rpm
+scriptlets can be ran.as a reult we can ask rpm what the
+basearch is for the running environment
+
+Signed-off-by: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+---
+ pungi/ostree/tree.py | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/pungi/ostree/tree.py b/pungi/ostree/tree.py
+index 68b6d70..2b97af4 100644
+--- a/pungi/ostree/tree.py
++++ b/pungi/ostree/tree.py
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ 
+ import os
+ import json
++import rpmUtils.arch
+ from kobo import shortcuts
+ 
+ from pungi.util import makedirs
+@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class Tree(OSTree):
+             return
+         ref = get_ref_from_treefile(self.treefile)
+         commitid = get_commitid_from_commitid_file(self.commitid_file)
++        ref = ref.replace('${basearch}', rpmUtils.arch.getBaseArch())
+         print('Ref: %r, Commit ID: %r' % (ref, commitid))
+         if ref and commitid:
+             print('Updating ref')
+-- 
+2.11.0
+
diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index 9cc4d81c..6562ae0c 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pungi
 Version:        4.1.12
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ URL:            https://pagure.io/pungi
 Source0:        https://pagure.io/releases/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 # from https://pagure.io/fork/puiterwijk/pungi/c/63aa7db5aad4690b72898d01fa82270c1f503241
 Patch0:         63aa7db5aad4690b72898d01fa82270c1f503241.patch
+Patch1:         0001-replace-basearch-when-updating-the-ref.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python-nose, python-mock
 BuildRequires:  python-devel, python-setuptools, python2-productmd >= 1.3
 BuildRequires:  python-lockfile, kobo, kobo-rpmlib, python-kickstart, createrepo_c
-BuildRequires:  python-lxml, libselinux-python, yum-utils, lorax
+BuildRequires:  python-lxml, libselinux-python, yum-utils, lorax, python-rpm
 BuildRequires:  yum => 3.4.3-28, createrepo >= 0.4.11
 BuildRequires:  gettext, git-core, cvs
 BuildRequires:  python-jsonschema
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ notification to Fedora Message Bus.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ cd tests && ./test_compose.sh
 %{_bindir}/%{name}-fedmsg-notification
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 17 2017 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 4.1.12-3
+- add patch to replace ${basearch} in the ostree ref
+
 * Tue Jan 17 2017 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 4.1.12-2
 - add patch from Patrick to give us some ostree debuging