diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0aa8419dc..1f8dad586 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ linux (4.19~rc3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     linux-perf
   * debian/control: Build-depend on libnuma-dev for linux-perf on all arches
   * debian/control: Remove "cross" from profiles for build-dep on libssl-dev
+  * [mips64*] debian/control: Build-depend on gcc-multilib for linux-perf
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:25:53 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index d8348f6ab..3a4de7cb2 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Build-Depends-Arch:
 # used by upstream to build perf documentation
  asciidoctor [alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mipsr6 mipsr6el mipsn32r6 mipsn32r6el mips64r6 mips64r6el powerpc ppc64 ppc64el s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64] <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>,
 # used by upstream to build perf
- gcc-multilib [amd64 ppc64 s390x sparc64] <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,
+ gcc-multilib [amd64 mips64 mips64el mips64r6 mips64r6el ppc64 s390x sparc64] <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,
  libaudit-dev [alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mipsr6 mipsr6el mipsn32r6 mipsn32r6el mips64r6 mips64r6el powerpc ppc64 ppc64el s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64] <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,
  libbabeltrace-dev (>= 1.5.0) [alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mipsr6 mipsr6el mipsn32r6 mipsn32r6el mips64r6 mips64r6el powerpc ppc64 ppc64el s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64] <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,
 # - libbabeltrace-ctf-dev may or may not be needed as well