diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c16f81a371..5df89dde32 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 
 Package: git-core
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, patch, rcs
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, patch, rcs
 Recommends: rsync, curl, ssh, libmail-sendmail-perl, libemail-valid-perl
 Conflicts: git
 Description: The git content addressable filesystem
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f58ca75432..c46b4d9466 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -66,33 +66,36 @@ install: build
 	dh_movefiles -p git-core
 	find debian/tmp -type d -o -print | sed -e 's/^/? /'
 
-binary: build install
+binary-arch: build install
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installexamples
-#	dh_installmenu
-#	dh_installdebconf	
-#	dh_installlogrotate	
-#	dh_installemacsen
-#	dh_installpam
-#	dh_installmime
-#	dh_installinit
-#	dh_installcron
-#	dh_installinfo
-	dh_installman
-	dh_link
-	dh_strip
-	dh_compress 
-	dh_fixperms
-#	dh_perl
-#	dh_python
-	dh_makeshlibs
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
+	dh_installchangelogs -a
+	dh_installdocs -a
+	dh_strip -a
+	dh_compress  -a
+	dh_fixperms -a
+	dh_perl -a
+	dh_makeshlibs -a
+	dh_installdeb -a
+	dh_shlibdeps -a
+	dh_gencontrol -a
+	dh_md5sums -a
+	dh_builddeb -a
+
+binary-indep: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installchangelogs -i
+	dh_installdocs -i
+	dh_compress  -i
+	dh_fixperms -i
+	dh_makeshlibs -i
+	dh_installdeb -i
+	dh_shlibdeps -i
+	dh_gencontrol -i
+	dh_md5sums -i
+	dh_builddeb -i
+
+binary: binary-arch binary-indep
 
 .PHONY: build clean binary install clean debian-clean