diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 860d3321..03474fd3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (0.97) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Upgrade to debhelper v7.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:16:34 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (0.96) karmic; urgency=low
 
   [ Loïc Minier ]
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b8626c4c..7f8f011e 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c26842ab..3e3f0728 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Source: livecd-rootfs
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=4)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
 Maintainer: Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/livecd-rootfs/trunk
 
 Package: livecd-rootfs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release
 Suggests: partimage
 Description: construction script for the livecd rootfs
  livecd-rootfs provides the script used to create the root filesystem
diff --git a/debian/dirs b/debian/dirs
deleted file mode 100644
index 960aa1a5..00000000
--- a/debian/dirs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-usr/sbin
-usr/share/doc/livecd-rootfs/examples
diff --git a/debian/examples b/debian/examples
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..202be4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/examples
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BuildLiveCD
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f960f4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+livecd.sh e2fs-zero.py usr/sbin
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 598abfb1..78c7615d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,78 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
-# This file is public domain software, originally written by Joey Hess. 
-# With liberal additions based on debian-installer's rules.
-
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-#ARCH=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
-#VERS=$(shell LC_ALL=C dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Version: | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-#CLOOPIMG=livecd-root-${VERS}-${ARCH}.cloopimg
-
-build: build-stamp
-build-stamp:
-	dh_testdir
-
-	# Add here commands to compile the package.
-	#$(MAKE)
-
-	touch build-stamp
-
-clean:
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	rm -f build-stamp
-
-	# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
-	#-$(MAKE) clean
-	#-$(MAKE) distclean
-
-	dh_clean
-
-install: build
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_clean -k
-	dh_installdirs
-
-	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/<packagename>
-	#$(MAKE) prefix=`pwd`/debian/`dh_listpackages`/usr install
-	install -m755 livecd.sh e2fs-zero.py debian/livecd-rootfs/usr/sbin
-	install -m644 BuildLiveCD debian/livecd-rootfs/usr/share/doc/livecd-rootfs/examples
-
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch: build install
-# We have nothing to do by default.
-
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: build install
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installexamples
-#	dh_installmenu
-#	dh_installdebconf
-#	dh_installlogrotate
-#	dh_installemacsen
-#	dh_installcatalogs
-#	dh_installpam
-#	dh_installmime
-#	dh_installinit
-#	dh_installcron
-#	dh_installinfo
-#	dh_undocumented
-	dh_installman
-	dh_link
-	dh_compress
-	dh_fixperms
-#	dh_perl
-#	dh_python
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
-
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install
+#! /usr/bin/make -f
+%:
+	dh $@