diff -Nru gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/changelog gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/changelog
--- gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/changelog	2012-03-04 11:55:12.000000000 +0000
+++ gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/changelog	2013-07-02 20:28:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gearman-interface (0.13.2-2.1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=low
+
+  * use automake 1.11 explicitly to hopefully fix build failure.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:28:12 +0000
+
 gearman-interface (0.13.2-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/control gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/control
--- gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/control	2012-03-04 09:03:53.000000000 +0000
+++ gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/control	2013-07-02 20:27:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: gearman-interface
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Clint Byrum <clint@ubuntu.com>
-Build-Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python, python3 (>= 3.1.2-6~), python3-all-dev, python-all-dev, debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), python-support (>= 0.8.4), libgearman-dev (>= 0.27-3), swig, uuid-dev, dh-autoreconf
+Build-Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python, python3 (>= 3.1.2-6~), python3-all-dev, python-all-dev, debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), python-support (>= 0.8.4), libgearman-dev (>= 0.27-3), swig, uuid-dev, dh-autoreconf, automake1.11
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Section: python
 Homepage: https://launchpad.net/gearman-interface
diff -Nru gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/rules gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/rules
--- gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/rules	2012-03-04 08:41:39.000000000 +0000
+++ gearman-interface-0.13.2/debian/rules	2013-07-02 21:07:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+export AUTOMAKE = automake-1.11
+export ACLOCAL = aclocal-1.11
 
 PYVERS=$(shell pyversions -vs)
 PY3VERS=$(shell py3versions -vs)