diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 645e427384..19c9361fc6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-08-29  Seth Nickell  <seth@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in:
+
+	Actually properly setup the Debian backend in configure.
+	
 2004-08-29  Colin Walters  <walters@verbum.org>
 
 	* test/nminfotest.c: Include string.h and stdlib.h.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ee7edbbaa3..d5bf5e82cc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ else
 			TARGET_DISTRO=Gentoo
 			SYSTEM_BACKEND_FILE=NetworkManagerGentoo.o
 			;;
+		debian)
+			TARGET_DISTRO=Debian
+			SYSTEM_BACKEND_FILE=NetworkManagerDebian.o
+			;;
 		*)
 			echo "Your distribution(${with_distro}) is not yet supported!  (patches welcome)"
 			exit 1