diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 03cc212..45fa499 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   * Update Vcs-* headers for switch to Salsa.
   * Re-export upstream key minimally; fixes lintian warning
     public-upstream-key-not-minimal.
+  * Patch dpid/Makefile.am to install helper binaries dpid and dpidc
+    outside $PATH. (Closes: #919063)
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:38:27 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/move-helper-tools-to-libexec.patch b/debian/patches/move-helper-tools-to-libexec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dd0b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/move-helper-tools-to-libexec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Description: Move helper binaries from /usr/bin/ to /usr/lib/…/dillo/
+Author: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/919063
+Forwarded: no
+
+--- a/dpid/Makefile.am
++++ b/dpid/Makefile.am
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+ 	-DDPIDRC_SYS='"$(sysconfdir)/dpidrc"'
+ 
+-bin_PROGRAMS = dpid dpidc
++pkglibexec_PROGRAMS = dpid dpidc
+ dpid_LDADD = \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/dpip/libDpip.a \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/dlib/libDlib.a
+--- a/src/IO/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/IO/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+-	-DDILLO_BINDIR='"$(bindir)/"'
++	-DDILLO_BINDIR='"$(pkglibexecdir)/"'
+ AM_CFLAGS = @LIBFLTK_CFLAGS@
+ AM_CXXFLAGS = @LIBFLTK_CXXFLAGS@
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 558636b..171add4 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 fix-OpenSSL-1.1-detection.patch
+move-helper-tools-to-libexec.patch