diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff8..7f8f011 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 78a0abc..81b9201 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
 DM-Upload-Allowed: yes
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), libx11-dev, libpam0g-dev, libcairo2-dev, libxcb1-dev, libxcb-dpms0-dev, libxcb-keysyms1-dev, libxcb-image0-dev, pkg-config
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), libx11-dev, libpam0g-dev, libcairo2-dev, libxcb1-dev, libxcb-dpms0-dev, libxcb-keysyms1-dev, libxcb-image0-dev, pkg-config
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: http://i3wm.org/i3lock/
 
diff --git a/debian/i3lock.manpages b/debian/i3lock.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b398823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/i3lock.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+i3lock.1
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c35d829..2729083 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,67 +1,32 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-# -*- makefile -*-
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
-# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
-# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
-# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
-# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
+# vi: ts=8 sw=8 noet
 
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-config.status: configure
-	dh_testdir
-	touch $@
-
-build: build-arch build-indep
-build-arch: build-stamp
-build-indep: build-stamp
+DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
+-include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 
+build: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
-	dh_testdir
-	$(MAKE)
-	touch $@
+	dh build
+	touch build-stamp
 
-clean: 
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	rm -f build-stamp
-	$(MAKE) clean
-	dh_prep
-	rm -f debian/files
-	rm -f debian/i3lock.debhelper.log
+clean:
+	dh clean
 
-install: build
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_prep
-	dh_installdirs
+install: build install-stamp
+install-stamp:
+	dh install
+	touch install-stamp
 
-	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/i3lock/ install
-	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/i3lock/usr/share/man/man1
-	cp i3lock.1 $(CURDIR)/debian/i3lock/usr/share/man/man1
+binary-arch: install
+	dh binary-arch
 
+binary-indep: install
+	dh binary-indep
 
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: build install
-# We have nothing to do by default.
+binary: binary-arch binary-indep
 
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch: build install
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs 
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installman
-	dh_link
-	dh_strip
-	dh_compress
-	dh_fixperms
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	$(MAKE)
 
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install 
+override_dh_install:
+	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/i3lock/ install