diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2319b41..e40a1f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (7.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use debhelper v2 for debian/rules, but not when converting 
+    packages to deb format.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:36:25 -0700
+
 alien (7.7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Corrected return code of system check.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d45c1b6..62753af 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.2.1.0
 Package: alien
 Architecture: all
 Section: admin
-Depends: debhelper (>= 0.88), perl5 | perl (>= 5.004), rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio
+Depends: debhelper (>= 2.1.0), perl5 | perl (>= 5.004), rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio
 Suggests: patch, bzip2
 Description: Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
  Alien allows you to convert Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9127b5e..6945c99 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+# This is the debhelper compatability version to use.
+export DH_COMPAT=2
+
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
@@ -25,13 +28,13 @@ binary-indep: build
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k
 	$(MAKE) pure_install INSTALLDIRS=perl \
-		PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{prefix}') \
-		INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1 \
-		INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man3 \
-		INSTALLARCHLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/killme \
-		VARPREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp
+		PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien/$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{prefix}') \
+		INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien/usr/share/man/man1 \
+		INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien/usr/share/man/man3 \
+		INSTALLARCHLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien/killme \
+		VARPREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien
 	# Who does it make this empty directory? Sigh.
-	rm -rf debian/tmp/killme
+	rm -rf debian/alien/killme
 	dh_installdocs README gendiff.txt
 	dh_installexamples
 	dh_installchangelogs