diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 92e475f..e48d9ce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ multistrap (2.1.8) experimental; urgency=low
   * Document the reinstall and additional fields. Add advice in manpage
     on what to check before filing bugs.
   * Add a note about redirecting output in manpage. (Closes: #593326)
+  * Bump to debhelper 7 compat for dh_prep usage.
 
- -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:29:31 +0100
+ -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:36:06 +0100
 
 multistrap (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff8..7f8f011 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 38414bc..acafed2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Wookey <wookey@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5), po4a (>= 0.37.1)
+Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 7), po4a (>= 0.37.1)
 Build-Depends-Indep: intltool
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: http://www.emdebian.org/multistrap