diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b0c64c..3cd1af5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2018-08-05 master
+- Fix packaging regression for debian (issue #715)
+
 2018-08-04 16.6
 - Fix regression in task icon brightness (issue #714)
 
diff --git a/configure b/packaging/configure
similarity index 99%
rename from configure
rename to packaging/configure
index 7b830a3..6cd7b49 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/packaging/configure
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ LFLAGS = shlex.split(os.environ.get('LDFLAGS', ''))
 LIBS = []
 
 # Get paths
-source_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+source_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/..')
 build_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'build')
 if not args.home:
     prefix = args.prefix or '/usr/local'