diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0a1701e..2340ea0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mosh (0.94a-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Relax debhelper dependency to make build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS lucid
+
+ -- Keith Winstein <keithw@mit.edu>  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:03:03 -0500
+
 mosh (0.94-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Version 0.94 released.
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..7f8f011 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2c5181b..fbb97be 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: mosh
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Keith Winstein <keithw@mit.edu>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), autotools-dev, protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev, dh-autoreconf, pkg-config, libutempter-dev, libboost-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), autotools-dev, protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev, dh-autoreconf, pkg-config, libutempter-dev, libboost-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: http://mosh.mit.edu
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/keithw/mosh.git