diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e75fc07f0..266a2b284 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ linux-kbuild-2.6 (2.6.35-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version
   * Update policy version to 3.9.1; no changes required
+  * Fix minor issues reported by lintian:
+    - Add ${misc:Depends} to dependencies
+    - Add debian/source/format file
+    - Remove redundant priority and section fields
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:44:37 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3827e75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index b172cbc2e..045643346 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 Package: linux-kbuild-@version@
 Architecture: any
-Section: devel
-Priority: optional
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Kbuild infrastructure for Linux @version@
  This package provides the kbuild infrastructure for the headers packages for Linux kernel version @version@.