diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d9639b62d..2ccf9ea78 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- -Dbindir=games
+
+override_dh_builddeb:
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip