diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bedf0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/ export-ignore
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e95cb0b..a5b89a4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: libsml
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Joachim Zobel <jz-autosign@heute-morgen.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13~), uuid-dev (>= 2.16), dh-exec, pandoc
+Maintainer: Joachim Zobel <jz-2017@heute-morgen.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), uuid-dev (>= 2.16), dh-exec, pandoc
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Section: libs
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
index 89ae9db..163aaf8 100644
--- a/debian/source/format
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0 (native)
+3.0 (quilt)