Index: configure.in
===================================================================
--- configure.in	(revision 73305)
+++ configure.in	(working copy)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 UNIVERSAL_ARCHS="32-bit"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-universal-archs)
 AC_ARG_WITH(universal-archs,
-    AC_HELP_STRING(--with-universal-archs=ARCH, select architectures for universal build ("32-bit", "64-bit" or "all")),
+    AC_HELP_STRING(--with-universal-archs=ARCH, select architectures for universal build ("intel", "32-bit", "64-bit" or "all")),
 [
 	AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
 	UNIVERSAL_ARCHS="$withval"
@@ -957,6 +957,10 @@
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "64-bit" ; then
 		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 
+	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "intel" ; then
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
+		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="arch -i386"
+
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "all" ; then
 		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="arch -i386 -ppc"
Index: Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
===================================================================
--- Doc/distutils/apiref.rst	(revision 73302)
+++ Doc/distutils/apiref.rst	(working copy)
@@ -1097,6 +1097,12 @@
    for 64-bit universal binaries the architecture is ``fat64``, and
    for 4-way universal binaries the architecture is ``universal``.
 
+   .. versionadded: 2.7
+
+      As of version 2.7 there is a new architecture for MacOSX:
+      ``intel`` is used for a universal binary with 32-bit and 64-bit 
+      intel code.
+
    Examples of returned values on Mac OS X:
 
    * ``macosx-10.3-ppc``
@@ -1104,6 +1110,8 @@
    * ``macosx-10.3-fat``
 
    * ``macosx-10.5-universal``
+    
+   * ``macosx-10.5-intel``
 
    .. % XXX isn't this also provided by some other non-distutils module?