diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2a5ef65..59be65a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 pcsc-lite (1.6.4-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
+  * debian/rules: install pcscd suid root. This was broken in previous
+    packages.
 
- -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:23:57 +0000
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:43:48 +0200
 
 pcsc-lite (1.6.3-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index da1eb01..c65d009 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), flex, autotools-dev, libhal-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libhal-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 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/
diff --git a/debian/pcscd.lintian-overrides b/debian/pcscd.lintian-overrides
index 0b2e459..9fa4c1d 100644
--- a/debian/pcscd.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/pcscd.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
+# these 2 directories are used by other components
+# libccid (or any pcsc-ifd-handler) uses drivers/
+# libmcardplugin (and some others) uses services/
 pcscd: package-contains-empty-directory usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/
 pcscd: package-contains-empty-directory usr/lib/pcsc/services/
+
+# pcscd is no more started by an init script at boot but on request by
+# the libpcsclite
+pcscd: setuid-binary usr/sbin/pcscd 4755 root/root
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index cbe925d..1cffbd0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_fixperms:
+	dh_fixperms
+	# set pcscd as setuid root
+	chmod u+s debian/pcscd/usr/sbin/pcscd