diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 83002059989eb966454fc8d1bbb3bddd1781af47..7ed00f1ac824eb896f75ed3a355a792fd10b7314 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
 Suggests:
  ${maven:OptionalDepends},
+Multi-Arch: foreign
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