diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 785cb63..b80f4ee 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+libhdate (1.6-2.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload with maintainer's permission
+  * Add dh-autoreconf to fix FTBFS on ppc64el. Closes: #757112, #757136
+  * Add multi-arch. Closes: #757113, #727006
+
+ -- Andreas Barth <aba@ayous.org>  Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:03:37 +0000
+
+libhdate (1.6-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Damyan Ivanov ]
+  * Non-maintainer upload with maintainer's permission
+
+  [ gregor herrmann ]
+  * Fix "hardcodes /usr/lib/perl5"
+    - use $Config{vendorarch} in debian/rules and debian/libhdate-perl.*
+    - make the latter two executable
+    (Closes: #752348)
+
+ -- Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:38:35 +0000
+
 libhdate (1.6-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Patch fix_3: fix an endless loop with hcal -3 (Closes: #692039).
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6961f23..a2318fa 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 Uploaders: Baruch Even <baruch@debian.org>, Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>, Shachar Shemesh <shachar@debian.org>, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@debian.org>
 Vcs-Svn: svn://anonscm.debian.org/debian-hebrew/pkg/libhdate
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-hebrew/pkg/libhdate
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), swig, python-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~), autotools-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), swig, python-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~), dh-autoreconf
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: http://libhdate.sourceforge.net/
 
 Package: libhdate-dev
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: libhdate1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Provides a library that help use hebrew dates (development files)
  LibHdate is a small C,C++ library for Hebrew dates,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 Package: python-hdate
 Section: python
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Provides: ${python:Provides}
 Depends: libhdate1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${python:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Provides a library that help use hebrew dates (python bindings)
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
 Package: libhdate1
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Conflicts: libhdate0
 Replaces: libhdate0
@@ -61,3 +65,15 @@
  the source code from Amos Shapir's "hdate" package fixed 
  and patched by Nadav Har'El. The Torah reading sequence
  is from tables by Zvi Har'El.
+
+Package: hdate
+Section: utils
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libhdate1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Replaces: libhdate0 (<< 1.6-1ubuntu1)
+Description: Provides the hcal and hdate binaries that help use hebrew dates
+ LibHdate is a small C,C++ library for Hebrew dates,
+ holidays, and reading sequence (parasha). It is using 
+ the source code from Amos Shapir's "hdate" package fixed 
+ and patched by Nadav Har'El. The Torah reading sequence
+ is from tables by Zvi Har'El.
diff --git a/debian/hdate.install b/debian/hdate.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68671de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/hdate.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/bin/*
+usr/share/man/man1/*
diff --git a/debian/libhdate-perl.dirs b/debian/libhdate-perl.dirs
index 92105be..105d79d 100644
--- a/debian/libhdate-perl.dirs
+++ b/debian/libhdate-perl.dirs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-usr/lib/perl5
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use Config;
+print substr($Config{vendorarch}, 1) . "\n";
diff --git a/debian/libhdate-perl.install b/debian/libhdate-perl.install
index c1a78d7..105d79d 100644
--- a/debian/libhdate-perl.install
+++ b/debian/libhdate-perl.install
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-usr/lib/perl5/*
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use Config;
+print substr($Config{vendorarch}, 1) . "\n";
diff --git a/debian/libhdate1.dirs b/debian/libhdate1.dirs
index 2f02a29..5dbe786 100644
--- a/debian/libhdate1.dirs
+++ b/debian/libhdate1.dirs
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 usr/lib
-usr/bin
-usr/share/man
 usr/share/locale
diff --git a/debian/libhdate1.install b/debian/libhdate1.install
index cb10a8d..303709d 100644
--- a/debian/libhdate1.install
+++ b/debian/libhdate1.install
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 usr/lib/*/lib*.so.*
-usr/bin/*
-usr/share/man/man1/*
 usr/share/locale/*
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9900396..f957256 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+ARCHLIB := $(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{vendorarch}')
+
 %:
-	dh $* --with python2,autotools_dev
+	dh $* --with python2,autoreconf
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --with-perl-sitelib-dir=/usr/lib/perl5
+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-perl-sitelib-dir=$(ARCHLIB)
 
 override_dh_python2:
 	dh_python2 -s --no-guessing-versions