diff --git a/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkilib/reportcommon.py b/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkilib/reportcommon.py
index 2df52df39..3c2bdefc2 100644
--- a/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkilib/reportcommon.py
+++ b/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkilib/reportcommon.py
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ def get_cpuinfo():
     return output.decode("utf-8")
 
 
+def get_cpuarch():
+    try:
+        arch_output = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/bin/arch", "-arm64", "/usr/bin/uname", "-m"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        arch_output = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/bin/uname", "-m"])
+    return arch_output.decode("utf-8").strip()
+
+
 def get_buildversion():
     cmd = ["/usr/bin/sw_vers", "-buildVersion"]
     proc = subprocess.Popen(
diff --git a/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkireport-runner b/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkireport-runner
index 82e77fca6..ef99d6e54 100755
--- a/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkireport-runner
+++ b/public/assets/client_installer/payload/usr/local/munkireport/munkireport-runner
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def main():
     hardware_info = reportcommon.get_hardware_info()
     hardware_info['computer_name'] = reportcommon.get_computername()
     hardware_info['cpu'] = reportcommon.get_cpuinfo()
-    hardware_info['cpu_arch'] = os.uname()[4]
+    hardware_info['cpu_arch'] = reportcommon.get_cpuarch()
     hardware_info['hostname'] = os.uname()[1]
     hardware_info['os_version'] = \
         reportcommon.getOsVersion(only_major_minor=False)