diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 012c142..9b2ba05 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 TAR     := ../$(NAME)_$(VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 TARDFSG := ../$(NAME)_$(VERSION)+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
 
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
+DEB_HOST_ARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)
 export PATH:=$(JAVA_HOME)/bin:$(PATH)
 
 # NOTE: jutils is explicitly included here (without a depends in our control