diff --git a/mk-sbuild b/mk-sbuild
index 5aa059c..c9762fc 100755
--- a/mk-sbuild
+++ b/mk-sbuild
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ if [ -n "$TARGET_ARCH" ]; then
         echo "Unknown target architecture $TARGET_ARCH" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
-    BUILD_PKGS="$BUILD_PKGS g++-$target_tuple pkg-config-$target_tuple libc-dev:$TARGET_ARCH"
+    BUILD_PKGS="$BUILD_PKGS g++-$target_tuple pkg-config-$target_tuple dpkg-cross libc-dev:$TARGET_ARCH"
 fi
 
 debootstrap_opts="--components=$(echo $COMPONENTS | tr ' ' ,)"