diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 211649ad1d..572d5533cc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -46,3 +46,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 override_dh_compress:
 	# exclude history.txt from compression as about.pl needs it uncompressed
 	dh_compress --exclude=history.txt --exclude=contributors.yaml --exclude=teams.yaml
+
+override_dh_installchangelogs:
+    # Debian Buster onwards renames history.txt to changelog which breaks Koha's timeline feature
+    dh_installchangelogs --exclude=history.txt