diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
index 21c558d2..57b2205a 100644
--- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
@@ -646,3 +646,13 @@ recipe would use the following setting:
 ```
 HEADERS_INSTALL_EXTRA += "nvidia"
 ```
+
+### Architecture for dpkg-raw packages
+
+The intent of the dpkg-raw class is to easily package configuration and data
+files into a Debian package. Packages to be compiled should really use other
+dpkg classes where support for cross-compilation and multiarch is provided
+and tested. `DPKG_ARCH` is now set to `all` for `dpkg-raw` recipes.
+
+This change fixes an issue where a `dpkg` package is built for `-compat` or
+`-native` and `DEPENDS` on a `dpkg-raw` package.
diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg-raw.bbclass b/meta/classes/dpkg-raw.bbclass
index dd7b761f..ac70d5cc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/dpkg-raw.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/dpkg-raw.bbclass
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ inherit dpkg
 
 D = "${WORKDIR}/image"
 
+# Create a binary-indep package
+DPKG_ARCH = "all"
+DEBIAN_MULTI_ARCH = "${@ 'foreign' if '${DPKG_ARCH}' == 'all' else 'no' }"
+
 # Populate folder that will be picked up as package
 do_install() {
 	bbnote "Put your files for this package in $""{D}"