diff --git a/dist/debian/changelog b/dist/debian/changelog
index bf4c7ea..b603fca 100644
--- a/dist/debian/changelog
+++ b/dist/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+spek (0.8.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Explicitly require g++-4.8 (Closes: #722486)
+
+ -- Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander@kojevnikov.com>  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:41:21 -0700
+
 spek (0.8.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix compilation with Libav 9 (Closes: #721025)
diff --git a/dist/debian/control b/dist/debian/control
index 21644f9..029b977 100644
--- a/dist/debian/control
+++ b/dist/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander@kojevnikov.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                autotools-dev,
+               g++-4.8,
                pkg-config,
                intltool (>= 0.35),
                libavcodec-dev (>= 6:0.8),
diff --git a/dist/debian/rules b/dist/debian/rules
index 4d16f26..e3bb625 100755
--- a/dist/debian/rules
+++ b/dist/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 export V=1
+export CXX=g++-4.8
 
 %:
 	dh  $@