diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 09b841a..62de482 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pcsc-lite (1.7.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/{rules,control}: special treatment for Hurd. Thanks to Pino Toscano
+    for the patch. Really Closes: #626201
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:33:26 +0200
+
 pcsc-lite (1.7.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8895147..9767778 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pcsc-lite
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [!linux-any], pkg-config
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index cbe925d..e1e7986 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),hurd)
+  EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-usb
+endif
+
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- $(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS)