diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e6c7a1f..d8c2b1a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dvdisaster (0.79.5-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Add debian/gbp.conf to conform with DEP14 conventions.
+  * Build with Debhelper compat level 12.
 
  -- Carlos Maddela <e7appew@gmail.com>  Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:58:19 +1100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de394..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 19193e5..cc125b4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Optical Media Tools Team <pkg-opt-media-team@lists.alioth.debian.org
 Uploaders: TANIGUCHI Takaki <takaki@debian.org>,
            Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>,
            Carlos Maddela <e7appew@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
                gettext,
                libbz2-dev,
                libcam-dev [kfreebsd-any],