diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 15948a5954c297465a2060de54b64fb5996ad229..04000cb14f9d58acdefac10af5750171acdd1759 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cl-kmrcl (1.99-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Change to debhelper 7 compatibility 
+
+ -- Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:33:13 -0600
+
 cl-kmrcl (1.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82de6bcc2a78243fc9c54d3ef5ac14da69..7f8f011eb73d6043d2e6db9d2c101195ae2801f2 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c1bf354097bb26b80b77f7f349955e6bc646f407..31f1cadf30062f245b6b40a14b72e8781b36a2e5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: cl-kmrcl
 Section: lisp
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0)
 Standards-Version: 3.8.2
 
 Package: cl-kmrcl
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2bc2c46eb6b089c602d0a4fb1732999177084725..3a37821e527f62dbb75f454eb29a46055c88870c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ clean:
 install: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-	dh_clean -k
+	dh_prep
 	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/kmrcl.
 	dh_installdirs $(clc-systems) $(clc-files) $(clc-tests)
 	dh_install $(pkg).asd $(source-files) $(clc-files)
@@ -51,25 +51,12 @@ install: build
 binary-indep: build install
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-#	dh_installdebconf	
 	dh_installdocs
-#	dh_installmenu
-#	dh_installlogrotate
-#	dh_installemacsen
-#	dh_installpam
-#	dh_installmime
-#	dh_installinit
-#	dh_installcron
-#	dh_installman
-#	dh_installinfo
-#	dh_undocumented
 	dh_installchangelogs ChangeLog
 	dh_strip
 	dh_compress
 	dh_fixperms
-#	dh_makeshlibs
 	dh_installdeb
-#	dh_perl
 	dh_shlibdeps
 	dh_gencontrol
 	dh_md5sums