diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 60656937..089adafb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ wmaker (0.95.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
   [ Andreas Metzler ]
   * 56_ignore_runstatedir.diff: Ignore missing documentation for --runstatedir
     in INSTALL.
+  * Use dh_autoreconf instead of invoking autogen.sh in the configure target.
 
  -- Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) <kix@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:19:33 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b761636a..8cc6772f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), automake (>= 1:1.12), gettext,
  libfontconfig1-dev, libjpeg-dev, libpng-dev, libsm-dev, libtiff5-dev,
  libtool, libgif-dev, libx11-dev, libxext-dev, libxft-dev, libxinerama-dev,
  libxkbfile-dev, libxpm-dev, libxt-dev, libxrender-dev, sharutils, libxmu-dev,
- libxrandr-dev, dctrl-tools, autotools-dev
+ libxrandr-dev, dctrl-tools, dh-autoreconf
 Homepage: http://windowmaker.org/
 
 Package: wmaker
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8dfd436a..fda20561 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ COMMON_OPTIONS    := --prefix=$(BASEDIR)              \
                      --with-gnustepdir=$(GNUSTEPDIR)
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel --with autotools-dev 
+	dh $@ --parallel --with autoreconf
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	./autogen.sh
 	LINGUAS="$(LINGUAS)" ./configure $(COMMON_OPTIONS) \
 	$(WMAKER_OPTIONS) $(shell dpkg-buildflags --export=configure)