diff --git a/packages/debootstrap/build.sh b/packages/debootstrap/build.sh
index 9806d5a05..6befc0438 100644
--- a/packages/debootstrap/build.sh
+++ b/packages/debootstrap/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Bootstrap a basic Debian system"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.0.106
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4ffcd12477540cbccdbed7c254f77797b886228ca94e749414d0380eab62c26e
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.0.108
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2e41b2ed540e1144a1f50f3b1fc04f300c3008096d6983c21afd4d5d4d34d7fd
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="wget, proot, perl"
diff --git a/packages/debootstrap/debootstrap.patch b/packages/debootstrap/debootstrap.patch
index fb2b2c53f..7454873c3 100644
--- a/packages/debootstrap/debootstrap.patch
+++ b/packages/debootstrap/debootstrap.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/debootstrap debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/debootstrap
---- debootstrap-1.0.106/debootstrap	2018-07-05 11:48:22.000000000 +0300
-+++ debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/debootstrap	2018-07-10 17:32:34.599933159 +0300
+diff -u -r ../debootstrap-1.0.108/debootstrap ./debootstrap
+--- ../debootstrap-1.0.108/debootstrap	2018-08-12 08:58:37.000000000 +0000
++++ ./debootstrap	2018-08-27 19:44:25.479843110 +0000
 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  
  VERSION='@VERSION@'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/debootstrap debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/debootstrap
  	fi
  fi
  
-@@ -483,10 +483,10 @@
+@@ -500,14 +500,31 @@
  
  if in_path dpkg && \
       dpkg --print-architecture >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -32,7 +32,28 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/debootstrap debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/debootstrap
  elif [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/arch" ]; then
  	HOST_ARCH=$(cat "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/arch")
  fi
-@@ -527,12 +527,8 @@
+ HOST_OS="$HOST_ARCH"
++
++# Translate Termux arch names to those of Debian:
++case $HOST_ARCH in
++	arm)
++		HOST_ARCH=armel
++		;;
++	aarch64)
++		HOST_ARCH=arm64
++		;;
++	i686)
++		HOST_ARCH=i386
++		;;
++	x86_64)
++		HOST_ARCH=amd64
++		;;
++esac
++
+ # basic host OS guessing for non-Debian systems
+ if [ -z "$HOST_OS" ]; then
+ 	case $(uname) in
+@@ -544,12 +561,8 @@
  if [ "$TARGET" = "/" ]; then
  	CHROOT_CMD=""
  else
@@ -47,7 +68,7 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/debootstrap debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/debootstrap
  fi
  
  if [ -z "$SHA_SIZE" ]; then
-@@ -546,16 +542,6 @@
+@@ -563,16 +576,6 @@
  
  export ARCH SUITE TARGET CHROOT_CMD SHA_SIZE DEBOOTSTRAP_CHECKSUM_FIELD
  
diff --git a/packages/debootstrap/functions.patch b/packages/debootstrap/functions.patch
index 736028afc..b56a68f78 100644
--- a/packages/debootstrap/functions.patch
+++ b/packages/debootstrap/functions.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/functions debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions
---- debootstrap-1.0.106/functions	2018-07-05 11:48:22.000000000 +0300
-+++ debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions	2018-07-10 17:20:18.985640585 +0300
-@@ -220,17 +220,7 @@
+diff -u -r ../debootstrap-1.0.108/functions ./functions
+--- ../debootstrap-1.0.108/functions	2018-08-12 08:58:37.000000000 +0000
++++ ./functions	2018-08-27 19:32:04.844265965 +0000
+@@ -230,17 +230,7 @@
  }
  
  detect_container () {
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/functions debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions
  }
  
  ########################################################## variant handling
-@@ -924,7 +914,7 @@
+@@ -945,7 +935,7 @@
  extract_dpkg_deb_data () {
  	local pkg="$1"
  
--	dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | tar $EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -xf -
-+	dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | proot --link2symlink tar $EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -xf -
+-	dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | tar $EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -xf - || error 1 FILEEXIST "Tried to extract package, but file already exists. Exit..."
++	dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | proot --link2symlink tar $EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -xf - || error 1 FILEEXIST "Tried to extract package, but file already exists. Exit..."
  }
  
  # Raw .deb extractors
-@@ -964,7 +954,7 @@
+@@ -985,7 +975,7 @@
  	esac
  
  	if in_path "$cat_cmd"; then
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/functions debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions
  	else
  		error 1 UNPACKCMDUNVL "Extracting %s requires the %s command, which is not available" "$pkg" "$cat_cmd"
  	fi
-@@ -1020,7 +1010,7 @@
+@@ -1041,7 +1031,7 @@
  ); }
  
  in_target_nofail () {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/functions debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions
  		true
  	fi
  	return 0
-@@ -1032,7 +1022,7 @@
+@@ -1053,7 +1043,7 @@
  	msg="$2"
  	arg="$3"
  	shift; shift; shift
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ diff -uNr debootstrap-1.0.106/functions debootstrap-1.0.106.mod/functions
  		warning "$code" "$msg" "$arg"
  		# Try to point user at actual failing package.
  		msg="See %s for details"
-@@ -1184,7 +1174,6 @@
+@@ -1209,7 +1199,6 @@
  			return 0
  		fi