diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index be893dd..59ce143 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * Bump debhelper from old 9 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:06:15 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 245d1e9..c51bab7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Section: perl
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libmodule-build-tiny-perl
 Build-Depends-Indep: libnet-ssleay-perl,
                      libpoe-perl,