diff -Nru libtar-1.2.20/debian/changelog libtar-1.2.20/debian/changelog
--- libtar-1.2.20/debian/changelog	2016-08-01 20:52:52.000000000 +0000
+++ libtar-1.2.20/debian/changelog	2016-10-11 21:12:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+libtar (1.2.20-7) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * no_strip.patch: make install must not strip binaries; it breaks cross
+    compilation and is against policy with regard to build options.
+  * Pass --build and --host to configure as appropriate to enable cross
+    compilation (Closes: #839883).
+  * Change Homepage to http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git since www.feep.net
+    is gone.
+
+ -- Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:12:49 +0200
+
 libtar (1.2.20-6) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Drop libtar/Makefile from examples, since it makes the build
diff -Nru libtar-1.2.20/debian/control libtar-1.2.20/debian/control
--- libtar-1.2.20/debian/control	2016-08-01 20:52:52.000000000 +0000
+++ libtar-1.2.20/debian/control	2016-10-11 21:12:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.7), debhelper (>= 7), dh-autoreconf,
  autoconf, libtool
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
-Homepage: http://www.feep.net/libtar/
+Homepage: http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.kibibyte.se/libtar
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.kibibyte.se/libtar/trunk
 
diff -Nru libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/no_strip.patch libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/no_strip.patch
--- libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/no_strip.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/no_strip.patch	2016-10-11 21:02:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: make install must not strip binaries
+
+--- a/lib/Makefile.in
++++ b/lib/Makefile.in
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SHELL           = @SHELL@
+ 
+ ### Installation programs and flags
+ INSTALL		= @INSTALL@
+-INSTALL_PROGRAM	= @INSTALL_PROGRAM@ -s
++INSTALL_PROGRAM	= @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
+ INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
+ LN_S		= @LN_S@
+ MKDIR		= @MKDIR@
+--- a/libtar/Makefile.in
++++ b/libtar/Makefile.in
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SHELL           = @SHELL@
+ 
+ ### Installation programs and flags
+ INSTALL		= @INSTALL@
+-INSTALL_PROGRAM	= @INSTALL_PROGRAM@ -s
++INSTALL_PROGRAM	= @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
+ INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
+ LN_S		= @LN_S@
+ MKDIR		= @MKDIR@
diff -Nru libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/series libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/series
--- libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/series	2016-03-25 18:11:06.000000000 +0000
+++ libtar-1.2.20/debian/patches/series	2016-10-11 20:01:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 th_get_size-unsigned-int.patch
 oldgnu_prefix.patch
 testsuite.patch
+no_strip.patch
diff -Nru libtar-1.2.20/debian/rules libtar-1.2.20/debian/rules
--- libtar-1.2.20/debian/rules	2016-03-25 18:12:00.000000000 +0000
+++ libtar-1.2.20/debian/rules	2016-10-11 21:02:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 export LIBTOOLIZE = libtoolize --install
+DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
+
+buildflags = --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
+ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
+  buildflags += --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+endif
 
 configure: configure-stamp
 configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 	[ -f debian/autoreconf.before ] || dh_autoreconf
-	./configure \
+	./configure $(buildflags) \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 	        --without-zlib \
 		--mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man \