diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index adf5bb2d7e..6a254f9cf0 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TARGET_VENDOR = "-poky"
 LOCALCONF_VERSION = "1"
 LAYER_CONF_VERSION ?= "6"
 
-DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile opengl"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile opengl multiarch"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.4%"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 ?= "3.4%"