diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a662104c..966f246e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 llvm-toolchain-15 (1:15.0.5-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Add libomp target library to mips64el (Closes: #1023101)
+  * Explictly depend on spirv-14 for mips64el, to ease bootstrapping
+    on buildds (this should be dropped once we build a spirv-15 in archive)
 
  -- Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Nov 2022 23:25:04 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index db82f765..c6add0ba 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10.0), cmake, ninja-build,
     libctypes-ocaml-dev [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],
     dh-exec, dh-ocaml [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],
     libpfm4-dev [linux-any], python3-setuptools, libz3-dev,
-    llvm-spirv-15 [ amd64 arm64 armel armhf mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x ] <!stage1> |
+    llvm-spirv-15 [ amd64 arm64 armel armhf mipsel ppc64el s390x ] <!stage1> |
     llvm-spirv-14 [ amd64 arm64 armel armhf mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x ] <!stage1> | hello [!i386],
+    llvm-spirv-14 [ mips64el ] <!stage1>,
     spirv-tools [ linux-any ] | hello [ !i386],
     libcurl4-dev,
     libgrpc++-dev [amd64 arm64 armel armhf mips64el mipsel ppc64 ppc64el powerpc riscv64 s390x],