diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a60ca7a..89abad9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 VERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEBVERS)' | sed -e 's/[+-].*//' -e 's/~//g')
 
 %:
-	dh --with autoreconf $@ --fail-missing
+	dh $@ --with autoreconf --fail-missing
 
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=libosmocore-dbg
 
+override_dh_install:
+	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" `find . -name '*.la'`
+	dh_install
+
 override_dh_autoreconf:
 	echo $(VERSION) > .tarball-version
 	dh_autoreconf