diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a819ae68..ad5c23e01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ html::
 
 # Make a debian package. First add a suitable entry with the correct GF version
 # number to the top of debian/changelog.
-# (Tested on Ubuntu 11.10 & 12.04. You need to install dpkg-dev & debhelper.)
+# (Tested on Ubuntu 14.04. You need to install dpkg-dev & debhelper.)
 deb:
-	dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
+	dpkg-buildpackage -b
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f4e55bb20..8405cf2bd 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$(CURDIR)/src/runtime/c/.libs cabal copy --destdir=$(CURDIR)/debian/gf
 	cd src/runtime/c && ./setup.sh copy prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/gf/usr
 	cd src/runtime/python && python setup.py install --prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/gf/usr
+	D="`find debian/gf -name site-packages`" && [ -n "$$D" ] && cd $$D && cd .. && mv site-packages dist-packages
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 ifneq (nocheck,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))