diff --git a/tools/misc/mkdeb b/tools/misc/mkdeb
index 67b91cc1e5..f4befccc42 100644
--- a/tools/misc/mkdeb
+++ b/tools/misc/mkdeb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ find deb/etc -type f -printf /etc/%P\\n >deb/DEBIAN/conffiles
 
 # Package it up
 chown -R root:root deb
-dpkg --build deb xen-upstream-$version.deb
+dpkg-deb --build -z0 deb xen-upstream-$version.deb
 
 # Tidy up after ourselves
 rm -rf deb