diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 024547a..eabf39f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.102) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * suspicious-source: whitelist font source formats. Thanks to Nicolas
     Spalinger for the patch (LP: #365147).
   * Update the man page of suspicious-source to match the rewrite.
+  * syncpackage: Don't upload orig tarball if not needed.
 
- -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:11:45 +0200
+ -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:19:53 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.101) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/syncpackage b/syncpackage
index 668d2c5..2f5ba16 100755
--- a/syncpackage
+++ b/syncpackage
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ def sync_dsc(script_name, dscurl, debian_dist, release, name, email, bugs, keyid
 				"-DOrigin=debian/" + debian_dist,
 				"-e" + uploader]
 		if need_orig:
-			cmd += ['-sa']
+			cmd.append("-sa")
+		else:
+			cmd.append("-sd")
 		if not verbose:
 			cmd += ["-q"]
 		if verbose: