diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d12263b..66c0809 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
                libxkbcommon-dev (>= 0.4.0),
                libxkbcommon-x11-dev (>= 0.4.0),
                libyajl-dev (>= 2.0.4),
+               meson,
                pkg-config,
                xmlto,
                xserver-xephyr,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 42f7ac8..527be75 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #	disable tests as they fail on most arch
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	# The default is /usr/share/doc/i3
-	dh_auto_configure -- --docdir=/usr/share/doc/i3-gaps-wm
+	# Set -Ddocdir; the default is /usr/share/doc/i3
+	dh_auto_configure -- -Ddocdir=/usr/share/doc/i3-gaps-wm -Ddocs=true -Dmans=true
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --builddirectory=build
+	dh $@ --builddirectory=build --buildsystem=meson