diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a80cf4255..c12f93466 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ cmake (2.8.4+dfsg.1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     in Build-Depends. libxmlrpc-c3-dev has become a transitional package.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2: no changes needed.
   * Switch Vcs-* debian/control fields to anonscm.debian.org.
+  * Fix find_library() to find libraries in multiarch library paths (patch
+    multiarch_library_directory_hack.diff). While the patch is not a good fix
+    (hackish by nature, no cross-compilation support etc.), it should do the
+    job in majority of cases. Also require dpkg-dev >= 1.16 at both build
+    time (Build-Depends) and runtime (cmake Depends) because the patch needs
+    dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH. (Closes: #618932)
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>  Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:38:25 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 46a2ff82a..828ff41d5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
 Uploaders: A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>, Kai Wasserbäch <curan@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev,
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16), libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libexpat1-dev, zlib1g-dev, 
  libncurses5-dev, libqt4-dev (>= 4.4.0), procps [!hurd-any], libarchive-dev (>= 2.8.0),
  libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev | libxmlrpc-c3-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Homepage: http://cmake.org/
 
 Package: cmake
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, cmake-data (= ${source:Version}), procps [!hurd-any]
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, cmake-data (= ${source:Version}),
+ dpkg-dev (>= 1.16), procps [!hurd-any]
 Suggests: gcc, make
 Description: cross-platform, open-source make system
  CMake is used to control the software compilation process using
diff --git a/debian/patches/multiarch_library_directory_hack.diff b/debian/patches/multiarch_library_directory_hack.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a542f1dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/multiarch_library_directory_hack.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From: Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com>
+Subject: Add multiarch lib path support to find_library() (HACK)
+Bug: http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12037
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618932
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/cmake/+bug/737137
+Origin: vendor, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=ubuntu_multiarch_library_directory.diff;att=1;bug=618932
+Forwarded: yes
+Acked-By: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2011-06-07
+
+This is the same as ubuntu_multiarch_library_directory.diff in Ubuntu packages.
+I do not consider this patch to be a proper fix but rather hack-level stuff.
+It does not support cross-compilation or find_package() etc. However, the lack
+of better solution at the right time forced me to include it.  Hopefully, it's
+temporary.
+
+--- a/Modules/Platform/UnixPaths.cmake
++++ b/Modules/Platform/UnixPaths.cmake
+@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ SET(UNIX 1)
+ GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_ROOT}" PATH)
+ GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "${_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR}" PATH)
+ 
++EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_ARCH_TRIPLET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
++
+ # List common installation prefixes.  These will be used for all
+ # search types.
+ LIST(APPEND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
+@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ LIST(APPEND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROGRAM_PATH
+   )
+ 
+ LIST(APPEND CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES
++  /lib/${CMAKE_ARCH_TRIPLET} /usr/lib/${CMAKE_ARCH_TRIPLET}
+   /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib64
+   )
+ 
+--- a/Source/cmFindBase.cxx
++++ b/Source/cmFindBase.cxx
+@@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ void cmFindBase::AddPrefixPaths(std::vec
+       {
+       dir += "/";
+       }
++    if (subdir == "lib")
++      {
++      const char* triplet = this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_ARCH_TRIPLET");
++      if (triplet)
++        {
++        this->AddPathInternal(dir+"lib/"+triplet, pathType);
++        }
++      }
+     std::string add = dir + subdir;
+     if(add != "/")
+       {
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 9e671061d..80c5a13ec 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ fixup_manpages.diff
 FindBoost_add_-lpthread_#563479.diff
 backport_test_order_fix.diff
 screen-256color-bce.diff
+multiarch_library_directory_hack.diff