diff -Nru dpkg-1.17.6/debian/changelog dpkg-1.17.6+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- dpkg-1.17.6/debian/changelog	2014-01-15 15:09:44.000000000 +0000
+++ dpkg-1.17.6+rpi1/debian/changelog	2014-01-27 23:54:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+dpkg (1.17.6+rpi1) jessie-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
+    See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735978
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:53:15 +0000
+
 dpkg (1.17.6) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Guillem Jover ]
diff -Nru dpkg-1.17.6/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm dpkg-1.17.6+rpi1/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm
--- dpkg-1.17.6/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm	2013-12-14 05:31:03.000000000 +0000
+++ dpkg-1.17.6+rpi1/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm	2014-01-27 23:53:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     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();