diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f1e612e25..78cddf524 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libmongocrypt (1.7.1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop remove-builtin.patch, integrated upstream
+  * Disable Decimal128 on platforms without IntelDFP
 
  -- Kyle Kloberdanz <kyle.kloberdanz@mongodb.com>  Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:33:24 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 732852f6f..89f5dfd7d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                cmake,
                libssl-dev,
                pkg-config,
-               libintelrdfpmath-dev (>= 2.0u2-6),
+               libintelrdfpmath-dev (>= 2.0u2-6) [!mips64el !mipsel],
                libbson-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Section: libs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: libbson-dev,
          libmongocrypt0 (= ${binary:Version}),
-         libintelrdfpmath-dev (>= 2.0u2-6),
+         libintelrdfpmath-dev (>= 2.0u2-6) [!mips64el !mipsel],
          ${misc:Depends}
 Description: client-side field level encryption library - dev files
  libmongocrypt facilitates the client-side encryption and decryption,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4477e2df4..6991663eb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -fPIC
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
 #export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),mipsel mips64el))
+	DFP_CONFIG_OPTION=-DMONGOCRYPT_ENABLE_DECIMAL128=OFF
+else
+	DFP_CONFIG_OPTION=-DMONGOCRYPT_DFP_DIR=USE-SYSTEM
+endif
 
 %:
 	dh $@
@@ -27,8 +32,8 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	-DBUILD_VERSION=$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM) \
 	-DUSE_SHARED_LIBBSON=ON \
 	-DMONGOCRYPT_MONGOC_DIR=USE-SYSTEM \
-	-DMONGOCRYPT_DFP_DIR=USE-SYSTEM \
 	-DENABLE_ONLINE_TESTS=OFF \
+	$(DFP_CONFIG_OPTION) \
 	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
 override_dh_auto_build: