diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0ce098a89..ead45b02b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cmake (2.8.0~rc5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Switch to dpkg-source format 3.0 (quilt):
     - drop build dependency on quilt;
     - drop quilt.make snippet include from debian/rules.
+  * Build with CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS=ON.
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:09:00 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9bb34c551..6ede28d47 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ endif
 $(BUILD_FLAGS_FILE):
 	touch $@
 	echo 'set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH YES CACHE BOOL "Skip rpath" FORCE)'          >> $@
+	echo 'set(CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS YES CACHE BOOL "Use relative paths" FORCE)' >> $@
 	echo 'set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON CACHE BOOL "Verbose build" FORCE)'  >> $@
 	echo 'set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "$(CFLAGS)" CACHE STRING "C flags" FORCE)'      >> $@
 	echo 'set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "$(CFLAGS)" CACHE STRING "C++ flags" FORCE)'  >> $@