diff --git a/src/dragon/shscripts/packaging b/src/dragon/shscripts/packaging
index da639c45f..60cac27f9 100644
--- a/src/dragon/shscripts/packaging
+++ b/src/dragon/shscripts/packaging
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ create_package()
     mv $DRAGON_DIR/_/.dragonbuilding $DRAGON_DIR/_/DEBIAN
     if [[ -f control ]]; then
         echo -e "$(cat control)" > $DRAGON_DIR/_/DEBIAN/control 2>/dev/null
+        # TODO: remove this ASAP when DragonMake is generated by default for Theos projs
+        # right now, there is no way to modify the control values w/o file modification
+        if [[ $rootless == 1 ]]; then
+            sed -i'' 's/Architecture: .*/Architecture: iphoneos-arm64/g' $DRAGON_DIR/_/DEBIAN/control
+        fi
     else
         python3 -m dragongen.control DragonMake ./$DRAGON_DIR/_/DEBIAN/control
     fi