diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 574673a00..fef7e618e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ cmake (3.15.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Disable FIleAPI json-extra test for now as it doesn't seem critical and
     fails with libjsoncpp 1.7.4.
   * Switch to debhelper compat level 12.
+  * Pass --fail-missing to dh_missing.
 
  -- Felix Geyer <fgeyer@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:02:00 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 83938afba..9807ee96d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 	rm -f $(BUILD_FLAGS_FILE)
 
 override_dh_missing:
-	dh_missing --list-missing
+	dh_missing --fail-missing
 
 override_dh_installdocs-arch:
 	# dh_installdocs --link-doc generates binNMU unsafe deps (Bug #747141)