diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0ee8b998..e0850c04 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ byobu (5.130) unreleased; urgency=medium
     - Force UTF-8 when attaching in `select-session.py`
     - https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/pull/35
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@x250>  Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:18:53 -0600
+  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
+  * debian/rules:
+    - ignore new pep8 rules around hard tabs and whitespaces, related
+      to bug 1843729
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@x250>  Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:25:25 -0600
 
 byobu (5.129-0ubuntu1) eoan; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 51deb5dc..a915cc79 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# Check python syntax
-	pep8 --verbose --repeat --ignore W191,E501 usr/lib/byobu/include/config.py usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py
+	pep8 --verbose --repeat --ignore W191,E501,E117 usr/lib/byobu/include/config.py usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py
 	# Check shell syntax
 	sh -n `find . -type f -exec grep -l "^\#\!/bin/sh" '{}' \;`
 	# Check for bashisms in shell scripts