diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 411728b..bcb1b09 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Axel Burri <axel@tty0.ch>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 Homepage: http://www.digint.ch/btrbk/
 
 Package: btrbk
 Architecture: all
-Depends: perl, libdate-calc-perl, btrfs-tools (>= 3.14)
+Depends: perl, libdate-calc-perl, btrfs-tools (>= 3.14), ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: openssh-client
-Description: Backup tool for btrfs volumes
+Description: backup tool for btrfs volumes
  Backup tool for btrfs volumes, using a configuration file, allows
  creation of backups from multiple sources to multiple destinations at
  once, with ssh and configurable retention support