diff -ur libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/changelog libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/changelog
--- libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/changelog	2012-02-29 16:58:18.000000000 +0000
+++ libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/changelog	2012-04-05 18:36:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libpaper (1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Transition package to multiarch (LP: #978228)
+
+ -- Wookey <wookey@wookware.org>  Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:32:44 +0100
+
 libpaper (1.1.24+nmu1build1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * No-change rebuild against current pkgbinarymangler to fix broken
Only in libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian: clean
diff -ur libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/control libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/control
--- libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/control	2010-02-24 22:11:41.000000000 +0000
+++ libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/control	2012-04-05 18:37:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 Source: libpaper
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Giuseppe Sacco <eppesuig@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Giuseppe Sacco <eppesuig@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2
-Build-Depends: autotools-dev, debhelper (>= 7), po-debconf, autoconf
+Build-Depends: autotools-dev, debhelper (>= 8.1.3~), po-debconf, autoconf
 
 Package: libpaper1
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ucf (>= 0.28)
 Replaces: libpaperg (<< 1.1.9)
 Provides: libpaperg
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@
 Package: libpaper-utils
 Section: utils
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Replaces: libpaperg (<< 1.1.9), libpaper1 (<< 1.1.10)
 Description: library for handling paper characteristics (utilities)
@@ -33,6 +37,8 @@
 Package: libpaper-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: libpaper1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Replaces: libpaperg-dev (<< 1.1.9)
 Provides: libpaperg-dev
Only in libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian: libpaper1.install
Only in libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian: libpaper1.install.in
Only in libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian: libpaper-dev.install
Only in libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian: libpaper-dev.install.in
diff -ur libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/rules libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/rules
--- libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1build1.original/debian/rules	2010-02-24 21:58:13.000000000 +0000
+++ libpaper-1.1.24+nmu1ubuntu1/debian/rules	2012-04-05 18:32:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 
 export DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 export DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
+export DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 
 package	:= $(firstword $(shell dh_listpackages))
 prefix	:= $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
 share	:= /usr/share
 
 config_flags	:= --prefix=/usr \
+	--libdir=\$${prefix}/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
 	--sysconfdir=/etc \
 	--mandir=$(share)/man \
 	--infodir=$(share)/info \
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@
 		&& sed -n '/^__END_PAPERSPECS__/,$$p' debian/libpaper1.config
 	mv /tmp/libpaper1.new debian/libpaper1.config
 
+debian/%.install: debian/%.install.in
+	sed 's/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/g' $< > $@
+
 binary-indep:	DH_OPTIONS=-i
 binary-indep:	checkroot build
 	dh_prep
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@
 	dh_builddeb
 
 binary-arch:	DH_OPTIONS=-a
-binary-arch:	checkroot build
+binary-arch:	checkroot build debian/libpaper1.install debian/libpaper-dev.install
 	dh_prep
 	dh_installdirs
 
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@
 	dh_makeshlibs
 	dh_installdebconf
 	dh_installdeb
-	dh_shlibdeps -L$(package) -ldebian/$(package)/usr/lib
+	dh_shlibdeps -L$(package) -ldebian/$(package)/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 	dh_gencontrol
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb