diff --git a/templates/lxc-debian.in b/templates/lxc-debian.in
index 892607c0e..e22b96289 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-debian.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-debian.in
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
     # If the container isn't running a native architecture, setup multiarch
     if [ "$interpreter" = "" -a "${arch}" != "${hostarch}" ]; then
         # Test if dpkg supports multiarch
-        if ! chroot "$rootfs" dpkg --print-foreign-architecture 2>&1; then
+        if ! chroot "$rootfs" dpkg --print-foreign-architectures 2>&1; then
             chroot "$rootfs" dpkg --add-architecture "${hostarch}"
         fi
     fi