diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 22bf194..1be02d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (8.10) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Build alien with debhelper v4.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat,  1 Jun 2002 17:56:52 -0400
+
 alien (8.09) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Deal with packages with strange characters in their filenames.
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8626c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6260d02..9be2867 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Source: alien
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 3)
+Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.5.6.1
 
 Package: alien
 Architecture: all
 Section: admin
-Depends: debhelper (>= 3), ${perl:Depends}, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio
+Depends: debhelper (>= 3), ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio
 Suggests: patch, bzip2, lsb-rpm, lintian
 Description: install non-native packages with dpkg
  Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 20b5ee6..515dd3f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-# This is the debhelper compatability version to use.
-export DH_COMPAT=3
-
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
 build: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir