diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 07850df..017a6a4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   * Remove patches carried from version sdl-mixer1.2, all of them were applied
     upstream (4) or had been backported (1)
   * Recommend MIDI patch set "freepats"
+  * Filter upstream tarball from binaries and unneeded cruft
 
- -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>  Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:01:56 +0100
+ -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:12:04 +0100
 
 libsdl2-mixer (2.0.0~rc1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 25673eb..9db857e 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 sign-tags = True
 
 [git-import-orig]
-filter = debian/*
+filter = [ 'debian', 'external', 'VisualC', 'Xcode', 'Xcode-iOS' ]
+filter-pristine-tar = True