diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4f334507..ade1ce6f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ostree (2017.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
+    - d/rules: Explicitly enable trivial-httpd: the tests still need it
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:25:58 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d9a3f0b4..6fb72a67 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--disable-silent-rules \
 		--enable-gtk-doc \
 		--enable-installed-tests \
+		--enable-trivial-httpd-cmdline \
 		--libexecdir='$${prefix}/lib' \
 		--with-dracut \
 		--with-grub2 \