diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7a7b94e..a1d4e0b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.153) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Thanks for the NMU, Paul.
+  * Explicitly use xz compression when building source packages, rather than
+    relying on dpkg >= 1.16.5 behavior.
 
  -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org>  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:45:05 +0200
 
diff --git a/test-data/blank-example/debian/source/options b/test-data/blank-example/debian/source/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..161b7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/blank-example/debian/source/options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+compression=xz