diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 4dfec9aaaace810fe640e0d968dd10d4f7891a08..5d6be3f5e7f7d5ee33a5535f73bf523d32097b39 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -25,8 +25,41 @@ create_package() {
 	chown -R root:root "$pdir"
 	chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
 
+	# Attempt to find the correct Debian architecture
+	local forcearch="" debarch=""
+	case "$UTS_MACHINE" in
+	i386|ia64|alpha)
+		debarch="$UTS_MACHINE" ;;
+	x86_64)
+		debarch=amd64 ;;
+	sparc*)
+		debarch=sparc ;;
+	s390*)
+		debarch=s390 ;;
+	ppc*)
+		debarch=powerpc ;;
+	parisc*)
+		debarch=hppa ;;
+	mips*)
+		debarch=mips$(grep -q CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y .config && echo el) ;;
+	arm*)
+		debarch=arm$(grep -q CONFIG_AEABI=y .config && echo el) ;;
+	*)
+		echo "" >&2
+		echo "** ** **  WARNING  ** ** **" >&2
+		echo "" >&2
+		echo "Your architecture doesn't have it's equivalent" >&2
+		echo "Debian userspace architecture defined!" >&2
+		echo "Falling back to using your current userspace instead!" >&2
+		echo "Please add support for $UTS_MACHINE to ${0} ..." >&2
+		echo "" >&2
+	esac
+	if [ -n "$debarch" ] ; then
+		forcearch="-DArchitecture=$debarch"
+	fi
+
 	# Create the package
-	dpkg-gencontrol -isp -p$pname -P"$pdir"
+	dpkg-gencontrol -isp $forcearch -p$pname -P"$pdir"
 	dpkg --build "$pdir" ..
 }