diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9fee2855..64cf9b87 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Source: fail2ban
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2), python
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2), python (>= 2.5.4-1~)
 Build-Depends-Indep: python-central (>= 0.5.6)
 XS-Python-Version: current, >= 2.4
 Homepage: http://www.fail2ban.org
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.onerussian.com/?p=deb/fail2ban.git
 Vcs-git: git://git.onerussian.com/deb/fail2ban.git
-Standards-Version: 3.8.3
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 
 Package: fail2ban
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a56e7337..0ae80a69 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install: build
 	dh_installdirs
 
 	# Install the package into debian/fail2ban.
-	python setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR) --no-compile
+	python setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR) --no-compile --install-layout=deb
 	# Install Debian shipped jail file in 1 piece (instead of patching
 	# the shipped one since there are too many changes)
 	install -m 644 debian/jail.conf $(DESTDIR)/etc/fail2ban