diff --git a/dists/debian/changelog b/dists/debian/changelog
deleted file mode 100644
index 05599f47368..00000000000
--- a/dists/debian/changelog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-residualvm (0.3.0~git-1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Daily snapshot build.
-
- -- Pawel Kolodziejski <aquadran@residualvm.org>
diff --git a/dists/debian/control b/dists/debian/control
index cd28566ccda..9efb290f4cc 100644
--- a/dists/debian/control
+++ b/dists/debian/control
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Pawel Kolodziejski <aquadran@residualvm.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
               ,libasound2-dev [linux-any]
-              ,libgl1-mesa-dev
-              ,libsdl1.2-dev
+              ,libsdl2-dev
               ,libmad0-dev
               ,libz-dev
               ,libmpeg2-4-dev
-              ,libjpeg-dev
-              ,python
+              ,libjpeg62-turbo-dev
+              ,libogg-dev
+              ,libvorbis-dev
+              ,libglew-dev
+              ,libfreetype6-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://www.residualvm.org
 
diff --git a/dists/debian/prepare b/dists/debian/prepare
index f39dce763cd..56fcc5f4a9b 100755
--- a/dists/debian/prepare
+++ b/dists/debian/prepare
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# This simple script is called from the upstream makefile whenever someone
-# calls "make deb".  It adds a changelog entry to the top of debian/changelog
-# so that the version number is correct.
+rm -rf debian
+cp -R dists/debian debian
 
-VERSION=`cat base/internal_version.h | grep SCUMMVM_VERSION | cut -d\" -f2`-`date +%Y%m%d`
-USERNAME=`whoami`
-GECOS=`getent passwd $USERNAME | awk '-F[,:]' '{print $5}'`
-DOMAIN=`hostname --fqdn`
+VERSION=`cat base/internal_version.h | grep SCUMMVM_VERSION | cut -d\" -f2`
 DATE=`date -R`
 
-cat << __eof > debian/changelog
-residualvm ($VERSION) experimental; urgency=low
+echo "residualvm ($VERSION) stable; urgency=low
 
-  * GIT snapshot.
-
-    Build-date: $DATE
+  * Build-date: $DATE
 
     Please don't file bugs you find in this package in the Debian Bug Tracking
     system, use the ResidualVM team's own bug tracker instead.  You can find this
@@ -23,4 +16,4 @@ residualvm ($VERSION) experimental; urgency=low
 
  -- Pawel Kolodziejski <aquadran@residualvm.org>  $DATE
 
-__eof
+" > debian/changelog
diff --git a/dists/debian/rules b/dists/debian/rules
index 5c5389b047a..5feafe53704 100755
--- a/dists/debian/rules
+++ b/dists/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel --max-parallel=4
+	dh $@ --parallel --max-parallel=`nproc`
 
 ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH_OS),hurd)
 ARCH_OPTS:= --disable-alsa