diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 725ed632..e2d89f1d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ostree (2017.10-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release
     - Update symbols file
     - Install new bash completions
+  * Use dh_missing --fail-missing instead of dh_install --fail-missing
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:08:09 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2108f5e6..3a09c15d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ override_dh_install:
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/ostree/ostree-prepare-root
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/ostree/ostree-remount
 	:
-	dh_install --fail-missing
+	dh_install
+
+override_dh_missing:
+	dh_missing --fail-missing
 
 override_dh_makeshlibs:
 	# this is an LD_PRELOAD, not a real shared library