diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6039b34..eda73fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libslf4j-java (1.7.25-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
+  * Build depend on maven-debian-helper >= 2.2
 
  -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Thu, 18 May 2017 14:03:07 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f9fd902..8dc7893 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                liblog4j1.2-java,
                libmaven-antrun-plugin-java,
                libmaven-install-plugin-java,
-               maven-debian-helper
+               maven-debian-helper (>= 2.2~)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-java/libslf4j-java.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/libslf4j-java.git