diff --git a/contrib/debian/rules b/contrib/debian/rules
index 3203936df..99a2ec2d4 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/debian/rules
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- mode: makefile; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=cmake+ninja --builddirectory=_build
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$$(pwd)/debian/tmp \
 		-DCLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE=ON \
 		-DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	ninja -C _build check
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	ninja -C _build install/strip
 	DESTDIR= xvfb-run ninja -C _build install-manpages
+
+# Skip the dwz step since the files are stripped already.
+# https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debhelper/dh_dwz.1.en.html
+override_dh_dwz: ;