diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 9fec1c72..6d5b711b 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Tue Feb 06 2007 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
+- yum bestPackagesFromList takes an arch argument. Fixes ppc64 bug
+
 * Sat Feb 03 2007 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
 - Be able to opt-out of a bugurl since buildinstall supports this
 - Make isodir an object of pungi (wwoods)
diff --git a/pypungi/gather.py b/pypungi/gather.py
index ead5c626..27893425 100755
--- a/pypungi/gather.py
+++ b/pypungi/gather.py
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ class Gather(yum.YumBase):
         self.doRpmDBSetup()
         if config.get('default', 'arch') == 'i386':
             arches = yum.rpmUtils.arch.getArchList('i686')
+            self.compatarch = 'i686'
         elif config.get('default', 'arch') == 'ppc':
             arches = yum.rpmUtils.arch.getArchList('ppc64')
+            self.compatarch = 'ppc64'
         else:
             arches = yum.rpmUtils.arch.getArchList(config.get('default', 'arch'))
+            self.compatarch = config.get('default', 'arch')
         self.doSackSetup(arches)
         self.doSackFilelistPopulate()
         self.logger = yum.logging.getLogger("yum.verbose.pungi")
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ class Gather(yum.YumBase):
                     satisfiers.append(po)
 
             if satisfiers:
-                bestlist = self.bestPackagesFromList(satisfiers)
+                bestlist = self.bestPackagesFromList(satisfiers, arch=self.compatarch)
                 return bestlist
             return None