diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d72abb7d..1d904c3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ deb_local: cleandeb
 	fakeroot debian/rules binary
 
 deb_localsigned:
-	debuild -sgpg -pgpg -k32EC6F3E -rfakeroot
+	debuild -sgpg -pgpg -k32EC6F3E -r"fakeroot --"
 
 deb_signed: cleandeb
 	# ready for upload, signed with my GPG key
-	env CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linkchecker.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/linkchecker cvs-buildpackage -Mlinkchecker -W/home/calvin/projects/cvs-build -sgpg -pgpg -k32EC6F3E -rfakeroot 
+	env CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linkchecker.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/linkchecker cvs-buildpackage -Mlinkchecker -W/home/calvin/projects/cvs-build -sgpg -pgpg -k32EC6F3E -r"fakeroot --"
 
 deb_unsigned: cleandeb
 	# same thing, but unsigned (for local archives)
-	env CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linkchecker.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/linkchecker cvs-buildpackage -Mlinkchecker -W/home/calvin/projects/cvs-build -us -uc -rfakeroot 
+	env CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linkchecker.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/linkchecker cvs-buildpackage -Mlinkchecker -W/home/calvin/projects/cvs-build -us -uc -r"fakeroot --"
 
 files:	locale
 	env http_proxy="" LANG=C $(PYTHON) $(PACKAGE) $(LCOPTS) -i$(HOST) http://$(HOST)/
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ffeca12b..acf15b91 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linkchecker (1.8.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use -r"fakeroot --" instead of -rfakeroot for cvs-buildpackage.
+    This fixes the build error on m68k platforms (Closes: #171012)
+
+ -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:00:32 +0100
+
 linkchecker (1.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.