diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9c3c72f7..5ca1602a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ostree (2016.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: change Section to admin
   * Remove unnecessary uses of dh-exec
   * debian/patches: remove all patches, no longer needed or applied
+  * Use dh_install --fail-missing to catch mistakes
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:04:34 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9f993af6..53cc4a1c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--with-grub2 \
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \
 		$(NULL)
+
+override_dh_install:
+	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.la
+	dh_install --fail-missing