diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e94c1d..e0551f1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+fcgi-cgi (0.2.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * backport to debhelper/compat 7
+
+ -- Stefan Bühler <stbuehler@web.de>  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:24:37 +0200
+
 fcgi-cgi (0.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * make README a proper formatted README.rst
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..7f8f011 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f4e6d6a..4e2a19c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: fcgi-cgi
 Section: web
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Stefan Bühler <stbuehler@web.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), cmake, libglib2.0-dev, libev-dev, cdbs
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), cmake, libglib2.0-dev, libev-dev, cdbs
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/fcgi-cgi