diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
index 58630edd..ce16459b 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
@@ -110,14 +110,15 @@ package() {
 
   # Runtime binaries — ship everything in bin/ except the debug helpers
   # that ship from omarchy-settings (needed before omarchy is installed,
-  # e.g. on the ISO live env).
+  # e.g. on the ISO live env), and the platform detector, which the settings
+  # package's pacman platform guard runs before omarchy is installed.
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin" "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
   for bin in bin/*; do
     [[ -f $bin ]] || continue
     local base
     base=$(basename "$bin")
     case "$base" in
-      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log)
+      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log|omarchy-hw-platform)
         continue
         ;;
     esac
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
index 70fb2389..d5bd59f9 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
@@ -366,8 +366,16 @@ EOF
 
   # Pacman platform guard: refuses packages tagged for another hardware
   # platform. It ships here, not in omarchy, so it is resident before the
-  # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook and the script it runs
-  # travel together. Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
+  # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook, the script it runs and
+  # the platform detector that script asks all travel together. omarchy leaves
+  # the detector out of its bin/ loop; the share/bin link keeps the Apple
+  # predicate's "detector beside me" lookup and the CLI router working.
+  # Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
+  if [[ -f bin/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
+    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
+    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
+    ln -s /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
+  fi
   if [[ -f default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook ]]; then
     install -Dm644 default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook"
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
index 093af887..d44015a5 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
@@ -364,8 +364,16 @@ EOF
 
   # Pacman platform guard: refuses packages tagged for another hardware
   # platform. It ships here, not in omarchy, so it is resident before the
-  # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook and the script it runs
-  # travel together. Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
+  # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook, the script it runs and
+  # the platform detector that script asks all travel together. omarchy leaves
+  # the detector out of its bin/ loop; the share/bin link keeps the Apple
+  # predicate's "detector beside me" lookup and the CLI router working.
+  # Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
+  if [[ -f bin/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
+    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
+    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
+    ln -s /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
+  fi
   if [[ -f default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook ]]; then
     install -Dm644 default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook"
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
index 41314eab..1ac7d532 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
@@ -110,14 +110,15 @@ package() {
 
   # Runtime binaries — ship everything in bin/ except the debug helpers
   # that ship from omarchy-settings (needed before omarchy is installed,
-  # e.g. on the ISO live env).
+  # e.g. on the ISO live env), and the platform detector, which the settings
+  # package's pacman platform guard runs before omarchy is installed.
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin" "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
   for bin in bin/*; do
     [[ -f $bin ]] || continue
     local base
     base=$(basename "$bin")
     case "$base" in
-      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log)
+      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log|omarchy-hw-platform)
         continue
         ;;
     esac