diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 064b29a..929edd8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Marc Singer <elf@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), autotools-dev, binutils,
- libssl-dev, libpam0g-dev, zlib1g-dev
+ libssl-dev, libpam0g-dev, zlib1g-dev, dh-autoreconf
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: http://shellinabox.com
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e6a9eb0..efe3e42 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with autotools-dev
+	dh $@ --with autotools-dev,autoreconf
 
 # elf-2012.04.10: Since Debian manages package dependencies we can
 # 		  force linkage of ssl s.t. the dependency is properly kept