diff -Nru gdbm-1.8.3/debian/changelog gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/changelog
--- gdbm-1.8.3/debian/changelog	2010-11-15 10:42:09.000000000 +0000
+++ gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/changelog	2010-10-15 11:11:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gdbm (1.8.3-9-1cross1) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * Use correct strip
+
+ -- Peter Pearse <peter.pearse@linaro.org>  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:11:38 +0000
+
 gdbm (1.8.3-9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Update upstream homepage address
diff -Nru gdbm-1.8.3/debian/rules gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/rules
--- gdbm-1.8.3/debian/rules	2010-11-15 10:42:09.000000000 +0000
+++ gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/rules	2010-10-15 11:10:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE	:= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE	:= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 
-STRIP=strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note
+STRIP=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note
 
 install_dir=install -d -m 755
 install_file=install -m 644