diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8fd3ce5..f6e0631 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (7.18) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Build with debhelper v3.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  9 Feb 2001 17:58:55 -0800
+
 alien (7.17) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Munge in #!/bin/sh entries at the top of rpm maintainer 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fa6086d..7b30bf1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: alien
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper
+Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 3)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.5.0.0
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8cbb57c..5aad766 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 # This is the debhelper compatability version to use.
-export DH_COMPAT=2
+export DH_COMPAT=3
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1