diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff8..7f8f011 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e75f2ae..5a6ae95 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: metche developers <metche@lists.riseup.net>
 Uploaders: Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>, Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), po-debconf
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), po-debconf
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/metche
 Vcs-Browser: https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/metche/repository
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b0bd13a..ef735fb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,48 +4,18 @@
 PACKAGE = metche
 DESTDIR = $(CURDIR)/debian/$(PACKAGE)
 
-build: build-stamp
-build-stamp:
-	dh_testdir
-	touch build-stamp
+%:
+	dh $@
 
-clean:
+override_dh_clean:
 	debconf-updatepo
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	rm -f build-stamp
-	dh_clean 
+	dh_clean
 
-install: build
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_prep
-	dh_installdirs
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install
 	cp $(CURDIR)/metche $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin
 	cp $(CURDIR)/metche.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8
 	chown root:staff $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/metche
 	chmod 750 $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/metche
 
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: build install
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs Changelog
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installexamples
-	dh_installdebconf
-	dh_installcron
-	dh_installman
-	dh_link
-	dh_compress
-	dh_fixperms
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
-
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch:
-
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install
+override_dh_auto_build override_dh_auto_clean: