diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index ae977b17bb..4cb2810fdb 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ RELEASES = {'f27': {'topic': 'fedora',
                     'modules': ['fedora', 'fedora-secondary'],
                     'repos': {'updates': {
                         'from': 'f27-updates',
-                        'ostree': {'ref': 'fedora/27/x86_64/updates/atomic-host',
-                                   'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '27')},
+                        'ostrees': [{'ref': 'fedora/27/x86_64/updates/atomic-host',
+                                     'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '27'),
+                                     'arches': ['x86_64', 'ppc64', 'aarch64']}],
                         'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'armhfp', 'source'],
                                 'dest': os.path.join(FEDORADEST, '27')},
                                {'arches': ['aarch64', 'i386', 'ppc64', 'ppc64le', 's390x'],
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ RELEASES = {'f27': {'topic': 'fedora',
                               ]},
                               'updates-testing': {
                         'from': 'f27-updates-testing',
-                        'ostree': {'ref': 'fedora/27/x86_64/testing/atomic-host',
-                                   'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '27')},
+                        'ostrees': [{'ref': 'fedora/27/%(arch)s/testing/atomic-host',
+                                     'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '27'),
+                                     'arches': ['x86_64', 'ppc64', 'aarch64']}],
                         'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'armhfp', 'source'],
                                 'dest': os.path.join(FEDORADEST, 'testing', '27')},
                                {'arches': ['aarch64', 'i386', 'ppc64', 'ppc64le', 's390x'],
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ RELEASES = {'f27': {'topic': 'fedora',
                     'modules': ['fedora', 'fedora-secondary'],
                     'repos': {'updates': {
                         'from': 'f26-updates',
-                        'ostree': {'ref': 'fedora/26/x86_64/updates/atomic-host',
-                                   'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '26')},
+                        'ostrees': [{'ref': 'fedora/26/x86_64/updates/atomic-host',
+                                     'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '26')}],
                         'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'armhfp', 'source'],
                                 'dest': os.path.join(FEDORADEST, '26')},
                                {'arches': ['aarch64', 'i386', 'ppc64', 'ppc64le'],
@@ -69,8 +71,8 @@ RELEASES = {'f27': {'topic': 'fedora',
                               ]},
                               'updates-testing': {
                         'from': 'f26-updates-testing',
-                        'ostree': {'ref': 'fedora/26/x86_64/testing/atomic-host',
-                                   'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '26')},
+                        'ostrees': [{'ref': 'fedora/26/x86_64/testing/atomic-host',
+                                     'dest': os.path.join(ATOMICDEST, '26')}],
                         'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'armhfp', 'source'],
                                 'dest': os.path.join(FEDORADEST, 'testing', '26')},
                                {'arches': ['aarch64', 'i386', 'ppc64', 'ppc64le'],
@@ -299,9 +301,18 @@ def sync_single_release(release):
                 f.write(target)
             needssync = True
 
-        if 'ostree' in RELEASES[release]['repos'][repo]:
-            ostree = RELEASES[release]['repos'][repo]['ostree']
-            sync_ostree(ostree['dest'], ostree['ref'])
+        for ostree in RELEASES[release]['repos'][repo].get('ostrees', []):
+            pairs = []
+            if 'arches' in ostree:
+                for arch in arches:
+                    dest = ostree['dest'] % {'arch': arch}
+                    ref = ostree['ref'] % {'arch': arch}
+                    pairs.append((dest, ref))
+            else:
+                pairs = [(ostree['dest'], ostree['ref'])]
+
+            for pair in pairs:
+                sync_ostree(*pair)
 
     return needssync