diff -Nru iptables-1.4.12/debian/changelog iptables-1.4.12/debian/changelog
--- iptables-1.4.12/debian/changelog	2012-09-17 22:14:45.000000000 +0000
+++ iptables-1.4.12/debian/changelog	2012-11-21 12:51:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+iptables (1.4.12-2ubuntu2cross1) quantal; urgency=low
+
+  * Make package honour dpkg-buildflags (fixes arm64 build) 
+
+ -- Wookey <wookey@e102475-lin>  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:50:11 +0000
+
 iptables (1.4.12-2ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/9006-lp1042260-fix-add-inverted-physdev.patch: add back
diff -Nru iptables-1.4.12/debian/compat iptables-1.4.12/debian/compat
--- iptables-1.4.12/debian/compat	2010-07-13 11:45:26.000000000 +0000
+++ iptables-1.4.12/debian/compat	2012-11-21 12:46:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff -Nru iptables-1.4.12/debian/rules iptables-1.4.12/debian/rules
--- iptables-1.4.12/debian/rules	2012-07-20 21:12:51.000000000 +0000
+++ iptables-1.4.12/debian/rules	2012-11-21 12:50:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 _configure := --with-xtlibdir=/lib/xtables \
 	--disable-libipq --enable-devel --libdir=/lib
 
+
+-include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
+
+
 %:
 	dh $@ $(_dhopts)