diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 731a8c2e1452240c7854d2ba41e98c53e5397940..0247380b902aeea47270b25c64729fe165bef09a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 export DH_OPTIONS
 
 %:
-	dh $@  --with=python2,sphinxdoc
+	dh $@  --with=python2,sphinxdoc --buildsystem=pybuild
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install