diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f8a8d27e..a30c366d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
 
 man_MANS =	make.1
 
-DEFS =		-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\" -DINCLUDEDIR=\"$(includedir)\" @DEFS@
+DEFS =		-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\" -DINCLUDEDIR=\"$(includedir)\" -DMULTIARCH_DIRS="$(MULTIARCH_DIRS)" @DEFS@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS =	$(GLOBINC)
 # Only process if target is MS-Windows
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5bbb5e9a..a4e6787f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -374,6 +374,24 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MAKE_HOST,"$host",[Build host information.])
 MAKE_HOST="$host"
 AC_SUBST(MAKE_HOST)
 
+AC_PATH_TOOL([DPKG_ARCH], [dpkg-architecture])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for multiarch paths])
+multiarch_triplet=""
+if test -n "$DPKG_ARCH"; then
+	multiarch_triplet=$($DPKG_ARCH -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+	if test -z "$multiarch_triplet"; then
+		multiarch_triplet=$($DPKG_ARCH -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+	fi
+fi
+if test -n "$multiarch_triplet"; then
+	MULTIARCH_DIRS="\\\"/lib/$multiarch_triplet\\\", \\\"/usr/lib/$multiarch_triplet\\\","
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([$MULTIARCH_DIRS])
+else
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(MULTIARCH_DIRS)
+
 w32_target_env=no
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WINDOWSENV], false)
 
diff --git a/remake.c b/remake.c
index ea539304..57982d27 100644
--- a/remake.c
+++ b/remake.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,9 @@ library_search (char **lib, FILE_TIMESTAMP *mtime_ptr)
 {
   static char *dirs[] =
     {
+#ifdef MULTIARCH_DIRS
+      MULTIARCH_DIRS
+#endif
 #ifndef _AMIGA
       "/lib",
 #endif