diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f8a6c90c..d79f2489 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ Depends: syslog-ng-scl, ${misc:Depends}
 Architecture: all
 Priority: optional
 Section: oldlibs
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: transitional package
  This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.