diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47d17ae16d34..a2cb92dd5406 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 modules.order
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+changelog
 *.patch
 *.orig
 *.tmp
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 99db7a1e35f6..2ce049c58219 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	contrib/debian/rules
+	contrib/debian/changelog
 	Makefile
 	include/Makefile
 	lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc
diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog.in
similarity index 74%
rename from contrib/debian/changelog
rename to contrib/debian/changelog.in
index 0d6a987dc2c4..9ced39b1f7b5 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog.in
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+openzfs-linux (@VERSION@-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * OpenZFS @VERSION@ is tagged.
+
+ -- Umer Saleem <usaleem@ixsystems.com>  Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0500
+
 openzfs-linux (2.2.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * OpenZFS 2.2 is tagged.