--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ configure-stamp:
 	echo we have no configure step
 	touch configure-stamp
 
+build-arch: build
+build-indep: build
 build: build-stamp
 build-stamp: 
 	dh_testdir
@@ -155,4 +157,4 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_builddeb -a
 
 binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure
+.PHONY: build build-arch build-indep clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure