diff --git a/src/commands/pack/macos.ts b/src/commands/pack/macos.ts
index c374859b3..29f9e4714 100644
--- a/src/commands/pack/macos.ts
+++ b/src/commands/pack/macos.ts
@@ -141,12 +141,15 @@ the CLI should already exist in a directory named after the CLI that is the root
       description: 'optionally specify a path to a tarball already generated by NPM',
       required: false,
     }),
+    targets: Flags.string({
+      description: 'comma-separated targets to pack (e.g.: darwin-x64,darwin-arm64)',
+    }),
   }
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     if (process.platform !== 'darwin') this.error('must be run from macos')
     const {flags} = await this.parse(PackMacos)
-    const buildConfig = await Tarballs.buildConfig(flags.root)
+    const buildConfig = await Tarballs.buildConfig(flags.root, {targets: flags?.targets?.split(',')})
     const {config} = buildConfig
     const c = config.pjson.oclif as OclifConfig
     if (!c.macos) this.error('package.json is missing an oclif.macos config')
diff --git a/src/commands/upload/macos.ts b/src/commands/upload/macos.ts
index 61490b5ad..170f9853b 100644
--- a/src/commands/upload/macos.ts
+++ b/src/commands/upload/macos.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ export default class UploadMacos extends Command {
 
   static flags = {
     root: Flags.string({char: 'r', description: 'path to oclif CLI root', default: '.', required: true}),
+    targets: Flags.string({char: 't', description: 'comma-separated targets to upload (e.g.: darwin-x64,darwin-arm64)'}),
   }
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const {flags} = await this.parse(UploadMacos)
-    const buildConfig = await Tarballs.buildConfig(flags.root)
+    const buildConfig = await Tarballs.buildConfig(flags.root, {targets: flags?.targets?.split(',')})
     const {s3Config, config, dist} = buildConfig
     const S3Options = {
       Bucket: s3Config.bucket!,