diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index 2db9db468f1..8e5c6a78773 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Maintainer: Ansible, Inc. <info@ansible.com>
-Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5.0.0), asciidoc, python, dh-python | python-support, python-setuptools
+Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5.0.0), asciidoc, python, dh-python | python-support, python-setuptools, lsb-release
 Homepage: http://ansible.github.com/
 
 Package: ansible
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index b48c433c339..130451a1eac 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DEB_PYTHON2_MODULE_PACKAGES=ansible
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk
 
-ifeq ($(DEB_DIST), trusty)
+ifeq ($(shell lsb_release -cs), trusty)
   export ANSIBLE_CRYPTO_BACKEND = pycrypto
 endif