diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 08ee6763..18821db2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alternc (0.9.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * development version
+
+ -- Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org>  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:52:56 -0400
+
 alternc (0.9.8) stable; urgency=high
 
   This release is packed with minor enhancements and bugfixes. It also packages
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 69c415bf..65e3fe36 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 MAJOR=$(shell sed -ne 's/^[^(]*(\([^)]*\)).*/\1/;1p' debian/changelog)
 REV=$(shell LANG=C svn info --non-interactive | awk '/^Revision:/ { print $$2 }')
-VERSION="${MAJOR}.r${REV}"
+VERSION="${MAJOR}~svn${REV}"
 export VERSION
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring debug,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))