diff --git a/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts b/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
index 4361e344c..e2182bee0 100644
--- a/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
+++ b/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const parseThinMachO = (
     format: "mach-o",
     architecture,
     availableArchitectures: [architecture],
-    loaderArgs: ["-l", "Mach-O"],
+    loaderArgs: ["-l", "Mach-O", hopperArchitectureFlag(architecture)],
   });
 };
 
@@ -124,19 +124,17 @@ const parseFatMachO = (
             : undefined;
   if (preferred === undefined || !architectures.includes(preferred))
     return err(`FAT binary has no host-compatible ${host} architecture`);
-  const flag =
-    preferred === "arm64"
-      ? "--aarch64"
-      : preferred === "x86_64"
-        ? "--x86_64"
-        : preferred === "arm"
-          ? "--arm"
-          : "--x86";
   return ok({
     format: "mach-o",
     architecture: preferred,
     availableArchitectures: architectures,
-    loaderArgs: ["-l", "FAT", flag, "-l", "Mach-O"],
+    loaderArgs: [
+      "-l",
+      "FAT",
+      hopperArchitectureFlag(preferred),
+      "-l",
+      "Mach-O",
+    ],
   });
 };
 
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ const parseElf = (bytes: Buffer): Result<ExecutableMetadata, string> => {
     format: "elf",
     architecture,
     availableArchitectures: [architecture],
-    loaderArgs: ["-l", "ELF"],
+    loaderArgs: ["-l", "ELF", hopperArchitectureFlag(architecture)],
   });
 };
 
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ const parsePe = (bytes: Buffer): Result<ExecutableMetadata, string> => {
     format: "pe",
     architecture,
     availableArchitectures: [architecture],
-    loaderArgs: ["-l", "PE"],
+    loaderArgs: ["-l", "WinPE", hopperArchitectureFlag(architecture)],
   });
 };
 
@@ -215,3 +213,16 @@ const peArchitecture = (machine: number): BinaryArchitecture | undefined => {
   }
   return undefined;
 };
+
+const hopperArchitectureFlag = (architecture: BinaryArchitecture): string => {
+  switch (architecture) {
+    case "x86":
+      return "--intel-32";
+    case "x86_64":
+      return "--intel-64";
+    case "arm":
+      return "--armv7";
+    case "arm64":
+      return "--aarch64";
+  }
+};
diff --git a/tests/binaryTarget.test.ts b/tests/binaryTarget.test.ts
index ea4d34bd7..ad82098ee 100644
--- a/tests/binaryTarget.test.ts
+++ b/tests/binaryTarget.test.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,22 @@ describe("executable header parsing", () => {
     const arm = parseExecutableHeader(bytes, "arm64");
     const intel = parseExecutableHeader(bytes, "x64");
     expect(arm.ok && arm.value.loaderArgs).toContain("--aarch64");
-    expect(intel.ok && intel.value.loaderArgs).toContain("--x86_64");
+    expect(intel.ok && intel.value.loaderArgs).toContain("--intel-64");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    [thinMach(0xfeedfacf, 0x0100000c), ["-l", "Mach-O", "--aarch64"]],
+    [thinMach(0xcefaedfe, 0x01000007), ["-l", "Mach-O", "--intel-64"]],
+    [elf(2, 2, 183), ["-l", "ELF", "--aarch64"]],
+    [pe(0x8664), ["-l", "WinPE", "--intel-64"]],
+  ] as const)(
+    "emits a complete non-interactive Hopper selection",
+    (bytes, args) => {
+      const result = parseExecutableHeader(bytes, "arm64");
+      expect(result.ok && result.value.loaderArgs).toEqual(args);
+    },
+  );
+
   it("rejects FAT files without a host-compatible slice", () => {
     expect(parseExecutableHeader(fat([0x01000007]), "arm64")).toMatchObject({
       ok: false,