diff -ur debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu1.orig/debian/changelog debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu2/debian/changelog
--- debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu1.orig/debian/changelog	2012-02-16 10:01:48.000000000 +0000
+++ debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu2/debian/changelog	2012-03-20 19:35:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+debianutils (4.2.1ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Use correct strip when cross-building
+
+ -- Wookey <wookey@wookware.org>  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:35:05 +0000
+
 debianutils (4.2.1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Debian testing. (closes: LP: #933051)
diff -ur debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu1.orig/debian/rules debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu2/debian/rules
--- debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu1.orig/debian/rules	2012-01-31 04:29:34.000000000 +0000
+++ debianutils-4.2.1ubuntu2/debian/rules	2012-03-20 19:34:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@
 DEB_BUILD_ARCH_OS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH_OS)
 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+
+STRIP=strip
+
 ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
 CONFARGS = --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+STRIP=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-strip
 endif
 
 CFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@
 	   debian/tmp/bin/
 
 ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note \
+	$(STRIP) --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note \
 		debian/tmp/bin/run-parts \
 	   	debian/tmp/bin/tempfile \
 	   	debian/tmp/usr/bin/ischroot