diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9ca29db72..d501fd7f9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Required variables
 # 
 version  := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Source: linux-kernel-\(.\+\)$$/\1/p')
+major_v  := $(wordlist 1,1,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
+minor_v  := $(wordlist 2,2,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
 abiname  := 1
 ltver    := 1
 #
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ ltver    := 1
 #
 SHELL    := sh -e
 karch    := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
-major    := $(basename $(version))
+major    := $(major_v).$(minor_v)
 srcver   := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')
 release  := $(version)-$(ltver)
 uver     := $(subst .,_,$(version))