diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 636a1f34..38e74553 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ wmaker (0.92.0-9) unstable; urgency=low
       (thanks, lintian).
   * 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
 
  -- Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>  Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:56:00 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dc98b96a..2c95b093 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: x11
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: John H. Robinson, IV <jaqque@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.8.0.1
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.15), automake1.4, gettext, dctrl-tools,
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.15), automake, gettext, dctrl-tools,
  libfontconfig1-dev, libjpeg-dev, libpng12-dev, libsm-dev, libtiff4-dev,
  libtool, libgif-dev, libx11-dev, libxext-dev, libxft-dev, libxinerama-dev,
  libxkbfile-dev, libxpm-dev, libxt-dev, libxrender-dev, sharutils, libxmu-dev