diff -Nru ifrit-4.1.2/debian/changelog ifrit-4.1.2/debian/changelog
--- ifrit-4.1.2/debian/changelog	2016-04-15 15:38:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ifrit-4.1.2/debian/changelog	2018-05-04 12:45:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+ifrit (4.1.2-5+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set DESIRED_QT_VERSION to 4 through a new override_dh_auto_configure target
+    + Note: the package has a target called override_dh_autoconfigure which does
+      nothing due to a typo in it's name, I tried fixing said typo but that
+      seemed to cause more problems than it solved.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Fri, 04 May 2018 12:45:53 +0000
+
 ifrit (4.1.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * QA upload.
diff -Nru ifrit-4.1.2/debian/rules ifrit-4.1.2/debian/rules
--- ifrit-4.1.2/debian/rules	2016-04-11 08:12:22.000000000 +0000
+++ ifrit-4.1.2/debian/rules	2018-05-04 12:45:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+
+
 ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	CFLAGS += -O0
 else
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=cmake --sourcedirectory=build
 
+#this target doesn't actually do anything, because of a typo in it's name,
+#i tried fixing said typo but that caused more problems than it solved --plugwash
 override_dh_autoconfigure:
 	cd build && cmake \
 		-DDESIRED_QT_VERSION:STRING=4 \
@@ -27,6 +31,9 @@
 		-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING="${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--as-needed -lGL" \
 		-DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE:BOOL=FALSE
 
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- -DDESIRED_QT_VERSION=4
+
 override_dh_clean:
 	# Clean up stuff which make clean leaves behind
 	rm -f build/CMakeCache.txt build/cmake_install.cmake build/Makefile