diff --git a/regen-makefile.sh b/regen-makefile.sh
index 1814699..f757fa3 100755
--- a/regen-makefile.sh
+++ b/regen-makefile.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@
 #
 # The regexes below patch the generated Makefile to work on Debian 9 and
 # unstable, so far tested with TITAN 6.1.0, 6.2.0 and 6.3.0
+#
 
 ttcn3_makefilegen -l -f $*
 sed -i -e 's/# TTCN3_DIR = /TTCN3_DIR = \/usr/' Makefile
 sed -i -e 's/LDFLAGS = /LDFLAGS = -L \/usr\/lib\/titan /' Makefile
 #sed -i -e 's/TTCN3_LIB = ttcn3-parallel/TTCN3_LIB = ttcn3/' Makefile
-sed -i -e 's/CPPFLAGS = -D$(PLATFORM) -I$(TTCN3_DIR)\/include/CPPFLAGS = -D$(PLATFORM) -I$(TTCN3_DIR)\/include -I\/usr\/include\/titan/' Makefile
+
+# The -DMAKEDEPEND_RUN is a workaround for Debian packaging issue,
+# see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879816 for details
+sed -i -e 's/CPPFLAGS = -D$(PLATFORM) -I$(TTCN3_DIR)\/include/CPPFLAGS = -D$(PLATFORM) -DMAKEDEPEND_RUN -I$(TTCN3_DIR)\/include -I\/usr\/include\/titan/' Makefile
 
 # for TITAN 6.3.0
 sed -i -e 's/TTCN3_DIR = $/TTCN3_DIR = \/usr/' Makefile