diff -Nru dpkg-1.16.12/debian/changelog dpkg-1.16.12+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- dpkg-1.16.12/debian/changelog	2013-09-30 14:52:48.000000000 +0000
+++ dpkg-1.16.12+rpi1/debian/changelog	2014-01-19 01:58:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+dpkg (1.16.12+rpi1) wheezy-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * If a vendor perl module for the current vendor can't be found use the
+    "Debian" one not the "Default" one.
+    This should make dpkg-buildflags behave the same on Rasbian as on Debian
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 01:55:59 +0000
+
 dpkg (1.16.12) stable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix value caching in Dpkg::Arch by not shadowing the variables.
diff -Nru dpkg-1.16.12/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm dpkg-1.16.12+rpi1/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm
--- dpkg-1.16.12/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm	2013-09-30 14:47:57.000000000 +0000
+++ dpkg-1.16.12+rpi1/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm	2014-01-19 01:59:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     if ($vendor ne "Default") {
         push @names, $vendor, lc($vendor), ucfirst($vendor), ucfirst(lc($vendor));
     }
-    foreach my $name (@names, "Default") {
+    foreach my $name (@names, "Debian") {
         eval qq{
             require Dpkg::Vendor::$name;
             \$obj = Dpkg::Vendor::$name->new();