diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 130c40b..9ca3c86 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+export INOTIFYINFO_VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion)
+
 %:
 	dh ${@}