diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/pkg.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/pkg.ts
index d29d9b556e..6e5838b91d 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/pkg.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/pkg.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ export class PkgTarget extends Target {
     // now build the package
     const args = [
       "--root", rootPath,
+      "--identifier", this.packager.appInfo.id,
       "--component-plist", propertyListOutputFile,
     ]