diff -ur mawk-1.3.3.orig/debian/changelog mawk-1.3.3/debian/changelog
--- mawk-1.3.3.orig/debian/changelog	2012-03-22 14:11:15.000000000 +0000
+++ mawk-1.3.3/debian/changelog	2012-03-22 14:32:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+mawk (1.3.3-15ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Add Multi-Arch: metadata to ensure cross-dependencies are
+    satisfied (LP #)
+
+ -- Wookey <wookey@wookware.org>  Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:31:34 +0000
+
 mawk (1.3.3-15ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Compute md5sums; Debian #507315.
diff -ur mawk-1.3.3.orig/debian/control mawk-1.3.3/debian/control
--- mawk-1.3.3.orig/debian/control	2012-03-22 14:11:15.000000000 +0000
+++ mawk-1.3.3/debian/control	2012-03-22 14:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Provides: awk
 Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: a pattern scanning and text processing language
  Mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language. The AWK
  language is useful for manipulation of data files, text retrieval and