diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fddb043..779d944 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
 # Print test results in case of a failure
 #override_dh_auto_test:
 #	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
+
+# Don't create .pdf.gz files (barely saves space and they can't be opened directly by most pdf readers)
+override_dh_compress:
+	dh_compress -X.pdf