diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1a6870264..6d4bbf40b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-libgit2 (0.24.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+libgit2 (0.24.2-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.8
   * Add commit-always-initialize-commit-message.patch fixes CVE-2016-8568,
     CVE-2016-8569
-  * Set debian hardening compile flags.
-  * Force timezone to GMT.
+  * debian/rules: Set debian hardening compile flags.
+  * debian/rules: When testing package force timezone to GMT.
 
  -- Russell Sim <russell.sim@gmail.com>  Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:30:45 +1100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 65daeec8f..6b07f9ea5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	mkdir -p build-debian-release/tmp
+	# Force the timezone to GMT to work around bug with GMT-14 timezone
+	# https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3970
 	TZ=/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT dh_auto_test --builddirectory=build-debian-release
 	mkdir -p build-debian-devel/tmp
 	TZ=/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT dh_auto_test --builddirectory=build-debian-devel