diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 81b8f55..44de953 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ commit-patch (2.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Upgrade to debhelper 10
 
+  * Comply with debian-emacs-policy
+
  -- David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>  Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:20:24 -0800
 
 commit-patch (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 04d27c5..b87b220 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://github.com/caldwell/commit-patch.git -b debian
 
 Package: commit-patch
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, libipc-run-perl, patch, patchutils
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, libipc-run-perl, patch, patchutils, emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8)
 Suggests: darcs | git | mercurial | bzr | monotone | subversion | cvs
 Description: utility to commit fine grained patches to source code control repositories
  Normally version control systems don't allow fine grained
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a1cd8d9..ef446e7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	rm debian/commit-patch/usr/share/doc/commit-patch/COPYING
 	# Installed by dh_installchangelogs:
 	rm debian/commit-patch/usr/share/doc/commit-patch/Changes
+	# To comply with https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debian-emacs-policy
+	mkdir -p debian/commit-patch/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/compat
+	echo 0 > debian/commit-patch/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/compat/commit-patch
 
 # Skip tests. They aren't mature enough to offer any benefit during packaging.
 override_dh_auto_test: