diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1aee68b..5b56147 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libpsl (0.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
+  * switch from autotools-dev to dh_autoreconf
 
  -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>  Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:06:59 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ef1b3f2..d7f02ab 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Maintainer: Tim Rühsen <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 Uploaders: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
 Build-Depends:
  automake,
- autotools-dev,
  debhelper (>=9),
+ dh-autoreconf,
  gtk-doc-tools,
  help2man,
  libicu-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8111823..e126b15 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 export DH_OPTIONS += --dbg-package=libpsl0-dbg
 
 %:
-	dh $@  --with autotools-dev
+	dh $@  --with autoreconf
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	./autogen.sh