diff --git a/debian/version.go b/debian/version.go
index 59017026..c015c59c 100644
--- a/debian/version.go
+++ b/debian/version.go
@@ -228,8 +228,19 @@ func ParseDependencyVariants(variants string) (l []Dependency, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-// ParseDependency parses dependency in format "pkg (>= 1.35)" into parts
+// ParseDependency parses dependency in format "pkg (>= 1.35) [arch]" into parts
 func ParseDependency(dep string) (d Dependency, err error) {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(dep, "]") {
+		i := strings.LastIndex(dep, "[")
+		if i == -1 {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("unable to parse dependency: %s", dep)
+			return
+		}
+		d.Architecture = dep[i+1 : len(dep)-1]
+
+		dep = strings.TrimSpace(dep[:i])
+	}
+
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(dep, ")") {
 		d.Pkg = strings.TrimSpace(dep)
 		d.Relation = VersionDontCare
diff --git a/debian/version_test.go b/debian/version_test.go
index 02a2963c..646f751d 100644
--- a/debian/version_test.go
+++ b/debian/version_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
 	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
 	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreaterOrEqual)
 	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Architecture, Equals, "")
 
 	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg(>>1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
@@ -141,6 +142,20 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
 	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
 	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg (>>1.6) [i386]")
+	c.Check(e, IsNil)
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Architecture, Equals, "i386")
+
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg[i386]")
+	c.Check(e, IsNil)
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionDontCare)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "")
+	c.Check(d.Architecture, Equals, "i386")
+
 	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg ")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
 	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
@@ -152,6 +167,12 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
 
 	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg==1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
+
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg i386]")
+	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
+
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg ) [i386]")
+	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
 }
 
 func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependencyVariants(c *C) {