diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fb4eeb7..5347a1c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+xz-utils (5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Helmut Grohne ]
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+
+  [ Colin Watson ]
+  * Remove build-dependency on perl; we use no non-trivial Perl modules so
+    the Essential perl-base is perfectly adequate, and an unadorned
+    build-dependency on perl is problematic for cross-building.
+    Closes: #697328.
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>  Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:27:23 +0200
+
 xz-utils (5.1.1alpha+20120614-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Apply fixes from 5.1.2alpha.  Closes: #685220.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 986f0c1..a7da7ac 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: required
 Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
 Uploaders: Mohammed Adnène Trojette <adn+deb@diwi.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.9.0), perl, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.2),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.9.0), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.2),
  autoconf (>= 2.64~), automake, libtool (>= 2.2),
  gettext, autopoint | gettext (<< 0.18-1), autopoint | cvs
 Build-Depends-Indep: doxygen