diff --git a/debian/patches/pkglibdir-FTBFS-fix.diff b/debian/patches/pkglibdir-FTBFS-fix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d04d7f66826eea3e67bc7132261b50c30e1dfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/pkglibdir-FTBFS-fix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Description: Fix FTBFS.
+ Workaround automake sanity check that would prevent us from
+ installing lib/* into lib/backupninja/.
+Origin: upstream, https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/backupninja/repository/revisions/0a0fbb46baa1fd5e6bb68c9e3f9f0b28dfa17e15
+Debian-Bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660617
+
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
+index 11eba37..9a54736 100644
+--- a/lib/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+-pkglib_SCRIPTS = easydialog parseini tools vserver
++my_execbindir = $(pkglibdir)
++my_execbin_SCRIPTS = easydialog parseini tools vserver
+ 
+-CLEANFILES = $(pkglib_SCRIPTS)
++CLEANFILES = $(my_execbin_SCRIPTS)
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = easydialog.in parseini.in tools.in vserver.in
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3b73e590848a7f5683360951916d7901b883e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkglibdir-FTBFS-fix.diff