diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 91ac8992..f4ffc973 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ Description: Tiling terminal emulator - data files
GNOME human interface design guidelines.
.
This package contains architecture independent data.
+Multi-Arch: foreign
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 4a6c1074..717b5293 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ Description: Tiling terminal emulator - data files
GNOME human interface design guidelines.
.
This package contains architecture independent data.
+Multi-Arch: foreign