diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 66878a91..34101645 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -332,9 +332,10 @@ endif
 	mkdir -p $(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/clang/$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/clang_linux/
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_BUILD)/tools/clang/runtime/compiler-rt/clang_linux/
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_BUILD)/tools/clang/runtime/compiler-rt/clang_linux/
-	echo "The *.txt files if available, contain helper to override some of the errors messages" >> $(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/clang/$(LLVM_VERSION_FULL)/README.txt
+# On some archs, the sanatizers are not built. As we explicitly includes some txt files, create
+# a fake txt to make sure it doesn't fail
+	echo "The *.txt files if available, contain helper to override some of the errors messages" > $(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/clang/$(LLVM_VERSION_FULL)/README.txt
 	echo "please visit https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer for help" >> $(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/clang/$(LLVM_VERSION_FULL)/README.txt
-	
 
 # idem for the lldb python binding
 	mkdir -p $(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lldb/