diff --git a/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake b/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake
index c4d7155b10..499331c1e8 100644
--- a/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake
@@ -608,13 +608,14 @@ function(cpack_deb_prepare_package_vars)
       "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_EPOCH}:${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
   endif()
 
+  find_program(DPKG_EXECUTABLE dpkg)
+
   # Architecture: (mandatory)
   if(CPACK_DEB_PACKAGE_COMPONENT AND CPACK_DEBIAN_${_local_component_name}_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE)
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "${CPACK_DEBIAN_${_local_component_name}_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
   elseif(NOT CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE)
     # There is no such thing as i686 architecture on debian, you should use i386 instead
     # $ dpkg --print-architecture
-    find_program(DPKG_EXECUTABLE dpkg)
     if(NOT DPKG_EXECUTABLE)
       message(STATUS "CPackDeb: Can not find dpkg in your path, default to i386.")
       set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE i386)