diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 576867287..66c4cc6ad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 cmake (3.12.3-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Jelmer Vernooij ]
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
 
+  [ Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer ]
+  * Add Helmut Grohne's script to generate toolchain files based on
+    Ubuntu/Debian's Multi-Arch as debtoolchainfilegen.
+
  -- Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:29:48 +0000
 
 cmake (3.12.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/cmake.install b/debian/cmake.install
index 2b872c6e2..748f99cff 100644
--- a/debian/cmake.install
+++ b/debian/cmake.install
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+debian/debtoolchainfilegen usr/share/cmake/
 usr/bin/cmake
 usr/bin/cpack
 usr/bin/ctest
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index efcfdfa7a..fc6570474 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Copyright: 2001-2006 A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>
   2014 Felix Geyer <fgeyer@debian.org>
 License: BSD-3-clause
 
+Files: debian/debtoolchainfilegen
+Copyright: 2018 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
+License: BSD-2-clause
+
 Files: Source/LexerParser/cmFortranParserTokens.h
 Copyright: 1984, 1989-1990, 2000-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 License: GPL-3+with_exception
@@ -98,6 +102,31 @@ Copyright: 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly
   1995-2005 Mark Adler
 License: zlib
 
+License: BSD-2-clause
+ Copyright 2018 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
+ .
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ .
+ 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ .
+ 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ .
+ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
 License: BSD-3-clause
  Copyright (c) 2002 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium
  All rights reserved.
diff --git a/debian/debtoolchainfilegen b/debian/debtoolchainfilegen
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..27cf8eeb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/debtoolchainfilegen
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+# and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+# THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# Usage: pass the host architecture as a parameter:
+#
+#  ./debtoolchainfilegen armhf > cmake_toolchain_armhf.cmake
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+  echo "Usage: debtoolchainfilegen (arch) > cmake_toolchain_<arch>.cmake"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+ARCH=$1
+
+DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=$(dpkg-architecture -f "-a$1" -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=$(dpkg-architecture -f "-a$1" -qDEB_HOST_GNU_CPU)
+case "$(dpkg-architecture -f "-a$1" -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)" in
+        linux) system_name=Linux; ;;
+        kfreebsd) system_name=kFreeBSD; ;;
+        hurd) system_name=GNU; ;;
+        *) exit 1; ;;
+esac
+
+cat <<EOF
+# Use it while calling CMake:
+#   mkdir build; cd build
+#   cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="/path/to/cmake_toolchain_<arch>.cmake" ../
+#
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME "$system_name")
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "$DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU")
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-gcc")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-g++")
+set(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-pkg-config")
+set(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE "$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-pkg-config")
+set(QMAKE_EXECUTABLE "$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-qmake")
+EOF