diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e0a159e..df8e540 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # export variables for autoreconf
 export AUTOMAKE := automake --foreign
+export ACLOCAL := aclocal --force --install -I /usr/share/aclocal/ -I acinclude
 
 
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