diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fc8b9602..a1f4a700 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ fail2ban (0.11.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release (Closes: #922539)
   * Import fail2ban in the Debian Python Umbrella (Closes: #947926)
   * Remove the old dep to Python (Closes: #945670)
+  * Run ./fail2ban-2to3 as part of the build to be Python 3 ready
 
   [ Jelmer Vernooij ]
   * Use secure URI in Vcs control header.
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ fail2ban (0.10.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Arturo Borrero Gonzalez ]
   * Recommend nftables as an alternative to iptables (Closes: #892472)
-  
+
   [ Yaroslav Halchenko ]
   * debian/patches/deb_no_iptables_service (Closes: #871993)
     - remove all non-existing services from PartOf of fail2ban.service.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a8bed85b..a6ed99ae 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  , python3-setuptools
  , python3-pyinotify
  , sqlite3
+ , 2to3
 Homepage: http://www.fail2ban.org
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/applications/fail2ban.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/applications/fail2ban
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 67438cb4..5a1d95fa 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ override_dh_clean:
 	: # auto generated
 	-rm bin/fail2ban-python
 
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	LANG=C ./fail2ban-2to3
+	dh_auto_configure
+
 override_dh_install:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/doc/fail2ban/README.Solaris
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/etc/fail2ban/paths-fedora.conf