diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4ffa62c..71a50df 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+git (1:1.8.5.2-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt: check for git-sh-prompt
+    and do not source it if git is removed but not purged (thx
+    Craig Small; closes: #726669).
+
+ -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>  Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:44:36 -0800
+
 git (1:1.8.5.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream point release.
diff --git a/debian/git-prompt.completion b/debian/git-prompt.completion
index 6a31546..8b5852a 100644
--- a/debian/git-prompt.completion
+++ b/debian/git-prompt.completion
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 # at bash-completion startup for now, to ease the transition to a
 # world order where the prompt function is requested separately.
 #
-. /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt
+if [[ -e /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt ]]; then
+	. /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt
+fi