diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 81577a3..cac8b5d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libapache2-mod-qos
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ debhelper (>= 9),
  dh-apache2,
  dh-autoreconf,
  apache2-dev (>= 2.4.53-1~),