diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9c9314e..b1f9b45 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ pcsc-lite (1.8.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * Fix "fails to start if config directory contains subdirectories"
     fixed upstream (Closes: #658322)
   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 3.9.2 -> 3.9.3. No change needed.
+  * Add Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~) so that dpkg-buildflags supports
+    --export=configure as we use it in debian/rules. This is needed to easily
+    packport the package.
+    Thanks to Jean-Michel Pouré for the bug report.
 
- -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:23:54 +0200
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:26:01 +0200
 
 pcsc-lite (1.8.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index abff737..441a411 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pcsc-lite
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk/