diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6df125c..4f36d30 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ nut (2.6.5-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Add autotools-dev to the build-dependencies so config.{guess,sub} are
       getting updated during build
     - Use canonical URL for the VCS-* fields
+    - Add build-dependency against dh-systemd and bump minimal cdbs version so
+      systemd helpers are called during build.
   * Added dep-8-tests to improve QA (from Ubuntu, closes: #708130)
   * debian/nut-monitor.menu, nut-monitor.xpm: Add Debian menu entry (Closes:
     #708813)
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ nut (2.6.5-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     by postinst during upgrade from lenny to squeeze (Really closes: #677054)
     Thanks to Andreas Beckmann for the review.
 
- -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:47:52 +0200
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:25:00 +0200
 
 nut (2.6.5-2) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f58e3a2..14f1fec 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Arnaud Quette <aquette@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.1.3),
-               cdbs (>= 0.4.93~),
+               cdbs (>= 0.4.122~),
                autotools-dev,
+               dh-systemd (>= 1.4),
                libgd-dev | libgd2-xpm-dev | libgd2-noxpm-dev,
                libsnmp-dev | libsnmp9-dev,
                libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8),