diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ddc94719eafab534207f206279802a29ad8373cf..1fbb8a996caf0925f6efdf4808e3ef8fea06045f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ python-defaults (2.7.13-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Matthias Klose ]
   * Bump version to 2.7.13.
+  * Mark python-doc as M-A: foreign.
+  * Bump debhelper version.
 
   [ Helmut Grohne ]
   * Fix FTCBFS: Annotate python build dependencies with :any (Closes: #841682)
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82de6bcc2a78243fc9c54d3ef5ac14da69..ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b25e63e30839719a4db01c71442827beb6d8801b..129520a71d3d07a777aca9f2f5325db07b404fd4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Description: IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
 Package: python-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-doc (>= 2.7.13-1~)
 Suggests: python-examples, python (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: python (<< 2.3.5)
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index e41eed586133db782aba44388697845383d03ae9..60dd3a08e1e20f788d477b2ef37e7995f37e0c1d 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Description: IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
 Package: python-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python@VER@-doc (>= @PREVVER@)
 Suggests: python-examples, python (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: python (<< 2.3.5)