diff --git a/bin/makefile-init-darwin.aarch64 b/bin/makefile-init-darwin.aarch64
index 1314d4f..9a51ad1 100644
--- a/bin/makefile-init-darwin.aarch64
+++ b/bin/makefile-init-darwin.aarch64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Options for MacOS, aarch64 processor, X windows, for INIT processing
 
-CC = clang $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
+CC = clang -target arm64-apple-darwin13 $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
 
 XFILES = $(OBJECTDIR)xmkicon.o \
         $(OBJECTDIR)xbbt.o \
diff --git a/bin/makefile-init-darwin.x86_64 b/bin/makefile-init-darwin.x86_64
index 322b4a8..f8f205c 100644
--- a/bin/makefile-init-darwin.x86_64
+++ b/bin/makefile-init-darwin.x86_64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Options for MacOS, x86_64 processor, X windows, for INIT processing
 
-CC = clang -m64 $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
+CC = clang -m64 -target x86_64-apple-darwin13 $(CLANG_CFLAGS)
 
 XFILES = $(OBJECTDIR)xmkicon.o \
 	$(OBJECTDIR)xbbt.o \
diff --git a/bin/makeright b/bin/makeright
index e8407a0..0bbb5d0 100755
--- a/bin/makeright
+++ b/bin/makeright
@@ -64,16 +64,22 @@ fi
 architecture=`machinetype`
 osversion=`osversion`
 
-if test "$osversion" != "darwin"
+if test "$target_arch" != ""
    then
-       echo "WARNING: target architecture applies only to the Darwin (MacOS) platform":
-       echo "Ignoring target architecture argument: $target"
-elif test "$target_arch" = "x86_64"
-   then
-       architecure=$target_arch
-elif test "$target_arch" = "aarch64"
-   then
-       architecure=$target_arch
+       if test "$osversion" != "darwin"
+          then
+              echo "!!!!!!!!!! WARNING: target architecture applies only to the Darwin (MacOS) platform"
+              echo "!!!!!!!!!! Ignoring target architecture argument: $target_arch"
+       elif test "$target_arch" = "x86_64"
+          then
+               architecture=$target_arch
+       elif test "$target_arch" = "aarch64"
+          then
+               architecture=$target_arch
+       else
+          echo "!!!!!!!!! WARNING: Unknown target architecture: $target_arch"
+          echo "!!!!!!!!! Ignoring second argument."
+       fi
 fi
 
 echo "making so far for ${osversion} on ${architecture}."