diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 13711fe93e..b30208be93 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rustc (1.7.0+dfsg1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix using XZ for the orig tarball: needs explicit --repack in debian/watch
+
+ -- Ximin Luo <infinity0@debian.org>  Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:59:53 +0100
+
 rustc (1.7.0+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 72897e9b9a..7b8fadc512 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ opts="\
 pgpsigurlmangle=s/$/.asc/,\
 uversionmangle=s/(\d)[_.+-]?((beta|alpha)\.?\d*)$/$1~$2/,\
 dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg\d*$//,\
+repack,\
 repacksuffix=+dfsg1,\
 compression=xz,\
 " \