diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c91ba35..51bcd58 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 	# Clean build artifacts
 	rm -rf build/ dist/ *.egg-info
 	rm -rf src/*.egg-info
+
+override_dh_builddeb:
+	# Use gzip compression for better compatibility
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip