diff --git a/meta/conf/multilib.conf b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
index 7bdfcd56aa..979ae50c72 100644
--- a/meta/conf/multilib.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BBCLASSEXTEND:append = " ${MULTILIBS}"
 MULTILIB_GLOBAL_VARIANTS ?= "lib32 lib64 libx32"
 
 OPKG_ARGS:append = " --force-maintainer --force-overwrite"
+APT_ARGS:append = " -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confnew -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-overwrite"
 
 # These recipes don't need multilib variants, the ${BPN} PROVDES/RPROVDES
 # ${MLPREFIX}${BPN}