diff --git a/src/tools/features/architecture-feature.jam b/src/tools/features/architecture-feature.jam
index 3c9d92f32..a47c4bfdc 100644
--- a/src/tools/features/architecture-feature.jam
+++ b/src/tools/features/architecture-feature.jam
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ feature.feature architecture
 
         # z Systems (aka s390x)
         s390x
+
+        # Combined architecture(s)
+        arm+x86
     :
         propagated optional
     ;
diff --git a/src/tools/gcc.jam b/src/tools/gcc.jam
index 4843716a0..943cba0b9 100644
--- a/src/tools/gcc.jam
+++ b/src/tools/gcc.jam
@@ -1272,3 +1272,8 @@ cpu-flags gcc OPTIONS : arm : cortex-r5 : -mcpu=cortex-r5 ;
 cpu-flags gcc OPTIONS : arm : cortex-r5+vfpv3-d16 : -mcpu=cortex-r5 -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard ;
 # AIX variant of RS/6000 & PowerPC
 toolset.flags gcc AROPTIONS <address-model>64/<target-os>aix : "-X64" ;
+
+# This is a remporary solution for doing combined architecture builds on macOS.
+toolset.flags gcc
+    OPTIONS <target-os>darwin/<architecture>arm+x86/<address-model>64
+    : "-arch arm64" "-arch x86_64" ;