diff --git a/pkg/deb/backports/buster b/pkg/deb/backports/buster
index 69b5462df..11eb83144 100755
--- a/pkg/deb/backports/buster
+++ b/pkg/deb/backports/buster
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ sed -i -e '/libbcg729-dev/d' ${DIST}/control
 # Update for buster debhelper
 sed -i -e 's/debhelper-compat.*/debhelper-compat (= 12),/' ${DIST}/control
 # Replace execute_* hooks with old-style overrides
+sed -i -e 's/^execute_before_dh_auto_configure:/override_dh_auto_configure:/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e 's/^execute_after_dh_installsystemd:/override_dh_installsystemd:\n\tdh_installsystemd/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e 's/^execute_before_dh_auto_install-indep:/override_dh_auto_install-indep:/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e '/^\tgzip -9 < README.md/a\\n\tdh_auto_install' ${DIST}/rules
diff --git a/pkg/deb/backports/stretch b/pkg/deb/backports/stretch
index 0308f5994..d32dc3576 100755
--- a/pkg/deb/backports/stretch
+++ b/pkg/deb/backports/stretch
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ sed -i -e 's/debhelper-compat.*/debhelper (>= 10),/' ${DIST}/control
 # Compat level for dkms module package
 sed -i -e '/cp debian.control/ i \	cp debian/compat debian/\$(psource)/usr/src/modules/\$(sname)/debian/' ${DIST}/rules
 # Replace execute_* hooks with old-style overrides
+sed -i -e 's/^execute_before_dh_auto_configure:/override_dh_auto_configure:/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e 's/^execute_after_dh_installsystemd:/override_dh_installsystemd:\n\tdh_installsystemd/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e 's/^execute_before_dh_auto_install-indep:/override_dh_auto_install-indep:/' ${DIST}/rules
 sed -i -e '/^\tgzip -9 < README.md/a\\n\tdh_auto_install' ${DIST}/rules