diff --git a/prebuilder/rebuild.sh b/prebuilder/rebuild.sh
index 562e99c..2440a09 100755
--- a/prebuilder/rebuild.sh
+++ b/prebuilder/rebuild.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ rm -rf b1 b2
 mkdir -p b1 b2 logs
 
 sudo \
+ DIST=sid \
  DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=$((NUM_CPU+1)) nocheck" \
  unshare --uts -- $BUILDER --build $BUILDER_OPTS \
     --configfile "$SCRIPT_DIR/pbuilderrc.build" \
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ TMPTAR="$TMPDIR/initial_build.tar"
 (cd b1 && tar -cf "$TMPTAR" $(dcmd ${PACKAGE}_*.changes))
 
 sudo \
+ DIST=sid \
  DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=$NUM_CPU nocheck" \
  linux64 --uname-2.6 unshare --uts -- $BUILDER --build $BUILDER_OPTS \
     --configfile "$SCRIPT_DIR/pbuilderrc.rebuild" \