diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index de7eb1c2..e4485bac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ byobu (3.0) unreleased; urgency=low
     - I think this is a significant enough milestone to bump version to 3.0
   * install, manpages, rules: update package build/install procedures to
     use configure && make && make install
+  * debian/control: depend on automake, autoconf for new build
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:36:03 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a31448df..f675d960 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.8.3
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), gettext-base
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), gettext-base, automake, autoconf
 Homepage: http://launchpad.net/byobu
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk