diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
index e5302b34a2..ee6224687f 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 	        <arch>aarch64</arch>
 		<arch>ppc64le</arch>
 	    [% endif %]
+           {% if env == "staging" %}
+	    [% if release.version_int == 8 %]
+	        <arch>aarch64</arch>
+		<arch>ppc64le</arch>
+	    [% endif %]
+           {% endif %}
 	        <arch>s390x</arch>
         </arches>
     </variant>