diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index d835b14..f5cb283 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ sub build {
 		
 		# This is the new command line arcgument to make noarch
 		# rpms. It appeared in rpm version 3.
-		$opts="--target noarch" if $rpmarch eq 'noarch';
+		$opts="--target=noarch" if $rpmarch eq 'noarch';
 	}
 
 	$opts.=" $ENV{RPMBUILDOPTS}" if exists $ENV{RPMBUILDOPTS};
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8731bdf..3732597 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (7.22) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Modification to match changes in rpm 4's parser; need to use
+    --target=noarch, rather than --target noarch.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:43:56 -0700
+
 alien (7.21) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Deal with empty /etc/mailname, Closes: #90727