diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 57868e6..03d47c6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
+
 VERSION := $(shell curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/coredns/coredns/releases/latest  | jq -r '.tag_name[1:length]')
 # Github is ratelimiting this API pretty aggresively, error when not set.
 ifeq ($(VERSION),null)