diff --git a/debian/patches/arch-indep-pkgconf.patch b/debian/patches/arch-indep-pkgconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc4ecbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/arch-indep-pkgconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Description: Make sure that frei0r.pc is arch-independent
+ it really is, unless it encodes the DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE in its libdir
+Author: IOhannes m zmölnih
+Origin: Debian
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Update: 2025-09-08
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- frei0r.orig/frei0r.pc.in
++++ frei0r/frei0r.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ prefix=@prefix@
+ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+-libdir=@libdir@
++libdir=
+ includedir=@includedir@
+ 
+ Name: frei0r
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index e69de29..0775498 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+arch-indep-pkgconf.patch