diff --git a/docs/api/api/patchinfo.rng b/docs/api/api/patchinfo.rng
index 47a97c98fb8..b8060450d1b 100644
--- a/docs/api/api/patchinfo.rng
+++ b/docs/api/api/patchinfo.rng
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@
         </element>
 
         <optional>
-          <element name="stopped"> 
+          <element name="seperate_build_arch">
+            <empty/>
+          </element>
+        </optional>
+        <optional>
+          <element name="stopped">
             <text/>
           </element>
         </optional>
diff --git a/src/backend/BSSched/BuildJob/Patchinfo.pm b/src/backend/BSSched/BuildJob/Patchinfo.pm
index 7cb5d50ec27..7b651d94d7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/BSSched/BuildJob/Patchinfo.pm
+++ b/src/backend/BSSched/BuildJob/Patchinfo.pm
@@ -110,10 +110,14 @@ sub check {
   my $myarch = $gctx->{'arch'};
   my @archs = @{$repo->{'arch'}};
   return ('broken', 'missing archs') unless @archs;     # can't happen
-  my $buildarch = $archs[0];    # always build in first arch
+  my $patchinfo = $pdata->{'patchinfo'};
+  if (exists $patchinfo->{'seperate_build_arch'}) {
+    # build on all schedulers, but don't take content from each other
+    @archs = ($myarch);
+  };
+  my $buildarch = $archs[0];
   my $reporoot = $gctx->{'reporoot'};
   my $markerdir = "$reporoot/$prp/$buildarch/$packid";
-  my $patchinfo = $pdata->{'patchinfo'};
   my $projpacks = $gctx->{'projpacks'};
   my $proj = $projpacks->{$projid} || {};
 
diff --git a/src/backend/BSXML.pm b/src/backend/BSXML.pm
index 0698ba455ff..dab57db1fd2 100644
--- a/src/backend/BSXML.pm
+++ b/src/backend/BSXML.pm
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ our $patchinfo = [
             'packager',
             'retracted',
             'stopped',
+            'seperate_build_arch', # for builds on each scheduler arch
             'zypp_restart_needed',
             'reboot_needed',
             'relogin_needed',