diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 69ebfcf..adb1b7d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lxqt-panel (0.12.0-3) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixed host OS query in rules - we really want to know the system
+    instead of set it 
+
+ -- Alf Gaida <agaida@siduction.org>  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:27:27 +0100
+
 lxqt-panel (0.12.0-2) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * Added missed breaks and replaces for lxqt-common << 0.12.0
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e111589..4d4d749 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
-DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS 2>/dev/null)
+WHICH_OS := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS 2>/dev/null)
 
-ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS), kfreebsd)
+ifeq ($(WHICH_OS), kfreebsd)
     NOT_LINUX := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS), hurd)
+ifeq ($(WHICH_OS), hurd)
     NOT_LINUX := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO -DSENSORS_PLUGIN=NO
 endif