diff -Nru gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/changelog gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/changelog
--- gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/changelog	2012-04-12 16:40:52.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/changelog	2012-06-25 13:38:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gstreamer0.10 (0.10.36-1ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low
+
+  * Empty dependency_libs in all .la files. (LP: #1017486)
+
+ -- Iain Lane <iain.lane@canonical.com>  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:21:43 +0100
+
 gstreamer0.10 (0.10.36-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Revert upstream commit: f56c6e12255b37d75b1eb949e434fa8e3bb33f51
diff -Nru gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/control gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/control
--- gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/control	2012-04-12 12:04:31.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/control	2012-06-25 14:25:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          pkg-config,
-         libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.35)
+         libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.36)
 Suggests: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
 Description: Tools for use with GStreamer
  GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters
diff -Nru gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/rules gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/rules
--- gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/rules	2012-04-12 11:59:11.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer0.10-0.10.36/debian/rules	2012-06-25 14:25:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@
 		sed -n -r -e 's/(([^ ]+: )?([^ ]+) ([^ ]+)) .*/\1/p' \
 			> debian/shlibs.local
 
+$(patsubst %,binary-install/%,$(DEB_PACKAGES)) :: binary-install/%:
+ifneq (,$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH))
+	for file in $(wildcard debian/$(cdbs_curpkg)/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/*/*.la); do \
+		sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" $$file ; \
+	done
+endif
+
 # (this rules runs just after the dh_shlibdeps)
 common-binary-predeb-arch::
 	-rm -f debian/shlibs.local