diff --git a/hack/make/release-deb b/hack/make/release-deb
index a771990c4f..423e776e64 100755
--- a/hack/make/release-deb
+++ b/hack/make/release-deb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ set -e
 #
 # ... and so on and so forth for the builds created by hack/make/build-deb
 
+source "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")/.detect-daemon-osarch"
+
 : ${DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR:=$DEST}
 : ${GPG_KEYID:=releasedocker}
 APTDIR=$DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/apt/repo
diff --git a/hack/make/release-rpm b/hack/make/release-rpm
index 19bdb39f34..5ed25cbe19 100755
--- a/hack/make/release-rpm
+++ b/hack/make/release-rpm
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ set -e
 #
 # ... and so on and so forth for the builds created by hack/make/build-rpm
 
+source "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")/.detect-daemon-osarch"
+
 : ${DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR:=$DEST}
 YUMDIR=$DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/yum/repo
 : ${GPG_KEYID:=releasedocker}