diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 328767c..b8c7f7d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.144) quantal; urgency=low
       lintian twice.
     - Use --include instead of --attach when not using reportbug's internal
       MUA.
+    - Pass --builder=dpkg-buildpackage to bzr bd, in case the user has
+      configured a custom builder that doesn't do source builds (LP: #1019817)
 
- -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:20:29 +0200
+ -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:23:15 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.143) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/submittodebian b/submittodebian
index e641851..8eca16c 100755
--- a/submittodebian
+++ b/submittodebian
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Thanks for considering the patch.
 
 def build_source_package():
     if os.path.isdir('.bzr'):
-        cmd = ['bzr', 'bd', '-S', '--', '-uc', '-us', '-nc']
+        cmd = ['bzr', 'bd', '--builder=dpkg-buildpackage', '-S',
+               '--', '-uc', '-us', '-nc']
     else:
         cmd = ['dpkg-buildpackage', '-S', '-uc', '-us', '-nc']
     env = os.environ.copy()