diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 710c6a33..833d717d 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=3
-opts=dversionmangle=s/\+repack// \
+opts="repacksuffix=+repack,dversionmangle=s/\+repack//g,repack,compression=xz" \
 http://pypi.debian.net/botocore/botocore-(.*).tar.gz