diff -Nru geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/changelog geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/changelog
--- geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/changelog	2019-09-14 17:30:31.000000000 +0000
+++ geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/changelog	2019-10-30 19:46:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+geoipupdate (4.0.6-2) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  * Do not attempt to build PIE binaries on mips architectures, as this is not
+    supported by Go yet.
+  * Ship with an empty /var/lib/GeoIP for geoipupdate to place the databases.
+    (Closes: #943849)
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.1, no changes needed.
+
+ -- Faidon Liambotis <paravoid@debian.org>  Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:46:20 +0200
+
 geoipupdate (4.0.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/control geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/control
--- geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/control	2019-09-14 17:30:31.000000000 +0000
+++ geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/control	2019-10-30 19:46:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  golang-github-stretchr-testify-dev,
  pandoc,
 XS-Go-Import-Path: github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
-Standards-Version: 4.4.0
+Standards-Version: 4.4.1
 Homepage: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/geoipupdate.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/geoipupdate
diff -Nru geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/dirs geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/dirs
--- geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/dirs	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/dirs	2019-10-30 19:41:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var/lib/GeoIP
diff -Nru geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/rules geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/rules
--- geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/rules	2019-09-14 17:30:31.000000000 +0000
+++ geoipupdate-4.0.6/debian/rules	2019-10-30 19:40:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,18 +2,23 @@
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
 
+# Golang does not support PIE on mips
+# cf. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/21222
+ifeq ($(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),mips mipsel mips64el),)
+GO_FLAGS += -buildmode=pie
+endif
+
+# pass the right paths & version number (see upstream Makefile)
 CONFFILE=/etc/GeoIP.conf
 DATADIR=/var/lib/GeoIP
 VERSION=$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
+GO_FLAGS += -ldflags '-X main.defaultConfigFile=$(CONFFILE) -X main.defaultDatabaseDirectory=$(DATADIR) -X "main.version=$(VERSION)"'
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --builddirectory=build --buildsystem=golang --with=golang
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	# build the Go program, passing the right paths (see upstream Makefile)
-	dh_auto_build --builddirectory=build --buildsystem=golang -- \
-		-buildmode=pie\
-		-ldflags '-X main.defaultConfigFile=$(CONFFILE) -X main.defaultDatabaseDirectory=$(DATADIR) -X "main.version=$(VERSION)"'
+	dh_auto_build --builddirectory=build --buildsystem=golang -- $(GO_FLAGS)
 	# build the manpages
 	CONFFILE=$(CONFFILE) DATADIR=$(DATADIR) make data