diff --git a/debian/nightly_build.sh b/debian/nightly_build.sh
index 795c3654..c0d35976 100755
--- a/debian/nightly_build.sh
+++ b/debian/nightly_build.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ doBuild() {
   if [ -n "${WM_GPG_KEY}" ]; then
     ARGS="-k${WM_GPG_KEY}"
   fi
-  fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage $ARGS >>${BUILDLOG} 2>&1
+  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot $ARGS >>${BUILDLOG} 2>&1
 }
 
 install -d `dirname $BUILDLOG`