diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 77ad72294..0df19af3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ dpkg: ../scst_$(VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 	[ -z "$$DEBFULLNAME" ] || export DEBFULLNAME="Bart Van Assche" &&\
 	sed 's/%{scst_version}/$(VERSION)/'				\
 	  <debian/scst.dkms.in >debian/scst.dkms &&			\
+	sed 's/%{KVER}/$(KVER)/'				\
+	  <debian/scst.preinst.in >debian/scst.preinst &&			\
 	output_files=(							\
 		../*_$(VERSION)-$(DEBIAN_REVISION)_*.deb		\
 		../*_$(VERSION)-$(DEBIAN_REVISION)_*.ddeb		\
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8342862e9..0c49bded8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export KDIR=$(DEB_KDIR_SET)
 clean:
 	dh_testdir &&							\
 	dh_prep -Xqla_isp/TAGS -Xdebian/changelog &&			\
-	scripts/clean-source-tree -x debian/changelog -x debian/compat
+	scripts/clean-source-tree -x debian/changelog -x debian/compat -x debian/scst.preinst
 
 build:
 	make 2release &&						\