diff -Nru graphite2-1.2.4/debian/changelog graphite2-1.2.4/debian/changelog
--- graphite2-1.2.4/debian/changelog	2013-11-29 19:12:43.000000000 +0000
+++ graphite2-1.2.4/debian/changelog	2013-12-06 13:24:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+graphite2 (1.2.4-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * Allow the package to cross build.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:23:52 +0100
+
 graphite2 (1.2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff -Nru graphite2-1.2.4/debian/rules graphite2-1.2.4/debian/rules
--- graphite2-1.2.4/debian/rules	2013-06-02 12:07:03.000000000 +0000
+++ graphite2-1.2.4/debian/rules	2013-12-06 13:27:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
+ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
+  cross_defines = \
+	-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(wildcard /usr/share/cmake-*/Modules/MultiArchCross.cmake)
+endif
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --builddirectory=build
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@
 	dh_auto_clean
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DGRAPHITE2_NTRACING:bool=1 -DLIB_SUFFIX=/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+	dh_auto_configure -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DGRAPHITE2_NTRACING:bool=1 -DLIB_SUFFIX=/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) $(cross_defines)
 	find . -type f ! -name "rules" ! -name "changelog" \
 		-exec sed -i -e 's/\-O3//g' {} \;