diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4f2ec9b..32a04f2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),amd64)
+	SUBSTVARS = -Vdist:Build-Depends="debhelper (>= 5), libc6-i386"
+else
+	SUBSTVARS = -Vdist:Build-Depends="debhelper (>= 5)"
+endif
+
 clean:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_strip
 	dh_installdeb
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$(pwd)/debian/arcconf/usr/lib/arcconf:$${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_gencontrol -- $(SUBSTVARS)
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb