diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/package.json b/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
index 914763deac7f347c3ae7a6d761454c6c92f69a99..ac5f6656653c0e33bf5346de99f3a67ee6eee13d 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
       "artifactName": "${productName}-mac.${ext}",
       "notarize": {
         "teamId": "79ANZ983YF"
-      }
+      },
+      "target": [
+        {
+          "target": "default",
+          "arch": ["universal"]
+        }
+      ]
     },
     "linux": {
       "target": [
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/3015.md b/upcoming-release-notes/3015.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..190771d6f25c76dfe7c5045d2ff48cc940686df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/3015.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Improve Electron Mac build to target "Universal" for better performance on Apple Silicon