diff --git a/contrib/debian/compat b/contrib/debian/compat
index 7f8f011eb..ec635144f 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/compat
+++ b/contrib/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/contrib/debian/rules b/contrib/debian/rules
index 3896d2caa..76b69f732 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/debian/rules
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- mode: makefile; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = test_bitcoin
 #build/bitcoind::
 #	$(if $(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),,src/test_bitcoin)
 
 %:
-	dh --with bash-completion $@
+	dh $@ --with bash-completion
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	if [ -f Makefile ]; then $(MAKE) distclean; fi
 	rm -rf Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure src/Makefile.in src/bitcoin-config.h.in src/build-aux src/qt/Makefile.in src/qt/test/Makefile.in src/test/Makefile.in
 
 # Yea, autogen should be run on the source archive, but I like doing git archive
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	./autogen.sh
 	./configure
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	make check