diff -Nru propellor-0.9.1/CHANGELOG propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/CHANGELOG
--- propellor-0.9.1/CHANGELOG	2014-10-24 13:58:02.000000000 +0000
+++ propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/CHANGELOG	2015-02-27 04:38:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+propellor (0.9.1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * set git user.name and user.email to prevent build on systems without a 
+    "domain".
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:38:10 +0000
+
 propellor (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Docker: Add ability to control when containers restart.
diff -Nru propellor-0.9.1/debian/changelog propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- propellor-0.9.1/debian/changelog	2014-10-24 13:58:02.000000000 +0000
+++ propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/debian/changelog	2015-02-27 04:38:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+propellor (0.9.1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * set git user.name and user.email to prevent build on systems without a 
+    "domain".
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:38:10 +0000
+
 propellor (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Docker: Add ability to control when containers restart.
diff -Nru propellor-0.9.1/Makefile propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/Makefile
--- propellor-0.9.1/Makefile	2014-10-08 17:24:18.000000000 +0000
+++ propellor-0.9.1+rpi1/Makefile	2015-02-27 04:38:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 	# cabal sdist does not preserve symlinks, so copy over file
 	cd dist/gittmp && for f in $$(find -type f); do rm -f $$f; cp -a ../../$$f $$f; done
 	cd dist/gittmp && git init && \
+		git config user.email "make@file" && \
+		git config user.name "makefile" && \
 		git add . \
 		&& git commit -q -m "distributed version of propellor" \
 		&& git bundle create $(DESTDIR)/usr/src/propellor/propellor.git master HEAD \