diff --git a/debian/WindowMaker.default b/debian/WindowMaker.default
index 6ad363e1..9475891f 100644
--- a/debian/WindowMaker.default
+++ b/debian/WindowMaker.default
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
   IconSize = 64;
   FocusMode = manual;
   DisableWSMouseActions = NO;
-  SelectWindowsMouseButton = left;
-  WindowListMouseButton = middle;
-  ApplicationMenuMouseButton = right;
+  MouseLeftButtonAction = SelectWindows;
+  MouseMiddleButtonAction = OpenWindowListMenu;
+  MouseRightButtonAction = OpenApplicationsMenu;
+  MouseWheelAction = None;
   ColormapSize = 4;
   DisableDithering = NO;
   ModifierKey = Mod1;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index abe63aae..cc86788a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ wmaker (0.92.0+git-0) unstable; urgency=low
   * New upstream generates dynamic libraries of libWUtils and libWINGs, ship
     them in two new binary packages. Make libwings-dev depend on them.
   * Use latest automake (instead of automake1.4) for building. Closes: #549157
+  * Implement the switch from SelectWindowsMouseButton et al. to
+    MouseLeftButtonAction = SelectWindows from WindowMaker 0.65 in Debian's
+    customized defaults. Closes: #116963
   * Built from wmaker-crm fork.
     Includes these patches for these issues:
     + display corruption on non 24bpp displays. Closes: #514438