diff -urNad mauve.orig/mauve-20140821/debian/rules mauve/mauve-20140821/debian/rules
--- mauve.orig/mauve-20140821/debian/rules	2015-02-19 00:23:42.974708347 +0000
+++ mauve/mauve-20140821/debian/rules	2015-02-19 00:46:19.635028566 +0000
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@
 	mkdir -p debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve
 	cp -a $(filter-out debian, $(wildcard .??* *)) \
 		debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve/
-	GZIP="-9n" tar -c --gzip -f $(CURDIR)/debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve.tar.gz \
-		-C debian/mauve/usr/src --mtime="$(BUILD_DATE)" mauve
+	cd debian/mauve/usr/src && \
+		# Don't try and include ourselves in our own tarball \
+		find -not -name mauve.tar.gz -and -not -type d -print0 | \
+		LC_ALL="C" sort --zero-terminated | \
+		GZIP="-9n" tar --create --gzip --null --files-from=- \
+			--file $(CURDIR)/debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve.tar.gz \
+			--mtime="$(BUILD_DATE)"
 	rm -rf debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.