diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2bf227c64..788618767 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux (4.1.3-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Ben Hutchings ]
   * [armel/kirkwood] ubi: Change UBIFS_FS and MTD_UBI from built-in to
     modules, to reduce kernel image size (fixes FTBFS)
+  * debian/rules.real: Use dpkg-parsechangelog -S
 
   [ Ian Campbell ]
   * [armhf] Set CONFIG_ARM_TEGRA_CPUFREQ as builtin.
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index e1fecd3c5..6f90f758c 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH:= $(shell dpkg-architecture -a'$(ARCH)' -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 DEB_BUILD_ARCH    := $(shell dpkg-architecture -a'$(ARCH)' -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
 endif
 MAINTAINER := $(shell sed -ne 's,^Maintainer: .[^<]*<\([^>]*\)>,\1,p' debian/control)
-DISTRIBUTION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's,^Distribution: ,,p')
-SOURCE_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's,^Date: ,,p')
+DISTRIBUTION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SDistribution)
+SOURCE_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SDate)
 SOURCE_DATE_UTC_ISO := $(shell date -u -d '$(SOURCE_DATE)' +%Y-%m-%d)
 
 DISTRIBUTOR := $(shell lsb_release -is 2>/dev/null)