diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 161906a2..61a8dbb9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 byobu (5.8) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  [ Daniel Hahler ]
+  * debian/rules:
+    - autoconf into debian rules
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:12:49 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c81b051c..8d92fbb3 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@
 
 override_dh_perl:
 	dh_perl -d
+
+autoconf: clean
+	dh_testdir
+	cp debian/changelog ChangeLog
+	aclocal
+	automake --add-missing --copy
+	autoconf
+