diff -Nru jffi-1.2.7/debian/changelog jffi-1.2.7/debian/changelog
--- jffi-1.2.7/debian/changelog	2015-11-20 14:53:42.000000000 +0000
+++ jffi-1.2.7/debian/changelog	2015-12-23 19:02:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+jffi (1.2.7-9) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload.
+  * Apply patch to build on non-Linux architectures (Closes: #808175).
+    Thank you to Steven Chamberlain for the patch!
+
+ -- tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:01:55 -0800
+
 jffi (1.2.7-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix FTBFS on buildd by making the jh_manifest override arch-indep.
diff -Nru jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/nonlinux-platforms.patch jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/nonlinux-platforms.patch
--- jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/nonlinux-platforms.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/nonlinux-platforms.patch	2015-12-23 19:02:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From: Steven Chamberlain <steven@pyro.eu.org>
+Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:56:35 +0000
+Subject: just use platform=Linux for GNU/kFreeBSD and Hurd
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/808175
+
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
+@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@
+     <condition property="platform.os" value="Windows">
+       <os family="Windows"/>
+     </condition>
++    <!-- Treat GNU/kFreeBSD or Hurd just like Linux platform -->
++    <condition property="platform.os" value="Linux">
++      <or>
++        <os name="GNU/kFreeBSD"/>
++        <os name="GNU"/>
++      </or>
++    </condition>
+     <!-- default to os.arch for the cpu -->
+     <condition property="platform.cpu" value="${os.arch}">
+       <not><isset property="platform.cpu"/></not>
+--- a/jni/jffi/endian.h
++++ b/jni/jffi/endian.h
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+ #include <sys/param.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef __linux__
++#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__GNU__)
+ #  include_next <endian.h>
+ #endif
+ 
diff -Nru jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/series jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/series
--- jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/series	2015-11-20 14:53:42.000000000 +0000
+++ jffi-1.2.7/debian/patches/series	2015-12-23 19:02:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 disable-warnings-as-errors-for-libtest.patch
 test_fork_true.patch
 remove-unnecessary-target-for-native-build.patch
+nonlinux-platforms.patch