diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f379785..bfcb4df 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), autoconf-dickey, dh-autoreconf, libncurses5-dev (>= 5.6+20081012)
+ debhelper (>= 9~),
+ autoconf-dickey,
+ dh-autoreconf,
+ libncurses5-dev (>= 5.6+20081012)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/SamB/debian-tack
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1dd896a..d96ad45 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	dh_autoreconf autoreconf-dickey
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs,-ltic" dh_auto_configure -- --enable-warnings
+	dh_auto_configure -- --enable-warnings LIBS="-ltic"
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install -- DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tack