(MIPS) Segmentation fault running second stage qemu-debootstrap

qemu-bootstrap immediately fails with segmentation fault when attempting the second stage for MIPS.

$ sudo qemu-debootstrap --arch=mips testing mips http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
[...]
I: Running command: chroot mips /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

No more information than that is provided unless there is a log saved somewhere.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: qemu-user-static 1.0.50-2012.03-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 24 10:45:48 2013
Dependencies:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: qemu-linaro
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)