diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers/build/wix5/wix.targets b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers/build/wix5/wix.targets
index 84003fa2758..804d40c7a96 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers/build/wix5/wix.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers/build/wix5/wix.targets
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
$(IntermediateOutputPath)/wix/
$(IntermediateOutputPath)/$(InstallerRuntimeIdentifier)/wix/
- $(InstallerTargetArchitecture)
+ x86
+ $(InstallerTargetArchitecture)