diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 072d4267b6..ecc2277540 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 # DEFINES += -DUSE_STDEV
 
-GIT_VERSION=0.99.3
+GIT_VERSION=0.99.4
 
 COPTS?=-g -O2
 CFLAGS+=$(COPTS) -Wall $(DEFINES)
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ all: $(PROG)
 all:
 	$(MAKE) -C templates
 
-.PRECIOUS: %.o
+.SECONDARY: %.o
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $*.o -c $*.c
 git-%: %.o $(LIB_FILE)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
@@ -231,17 +233,17 @@ dist: git-core.spec git-tar-tree
 rpm: dist
 	$(RPMBUILD) -ta git-core-$(GIT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
-
-backup: clean
-	cd .. ; tar czvf dircache.tar.gz dir-cache
-
-
+deb: dist
+	rm -rf git-core-$(GIT_VERSION)
+	tar zxf git-core-$(GIT_VERSION).tar.gz
+	cd git-core-$(GIT_VERSION) && fakeroot debian/rules binary
 
 ### Cleaning rules
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o mozilla-sha1/*.o ppc/*.o $(PROG) $(LIB_FILE)
-	rm -f git-core-*.tar.gz git-core.spec
+	rm -f git-core-*.tar.gz git-core.spec git-core-$(GIT_VERSION)-*.deb
+	rm -rf git-core-$(GIT_VERSION)
 	$(MAKE) -C tools/ clean
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
 	$(MAKE) -C templates/ clean
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e62b783b3..5e86a86dc5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+git-core (0.99.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Pass prefix down to the submake when building.
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700
+
 git-core (0.99-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Conflict with the GNU Interactive Tools package, which also installs
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 67830b03b9..1409b8b280 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ MAN_DESTDIR := $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)
 build: debian/build-stamp
 debian/build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
-	$(MAKE) all doc
+	$(MAKE) prefix=$(PREFIX) all doc
 	touch debian/build-stamp
 
 debian-clean:
diff --git a/git-core.spec.in b/git-core.spec.in
index 5d1ffa37ed..7d4f9d5ab7 100644
--- a/git-core.spec.in
+++ b/git-core.spec.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ similar to other SCM tools (like CVS, BitKeeper or Monotone).
 
 %build
 
-make all %{!?_without_docs: doc}
+make prefix=%{_prefix} all %{!?_without_docs: doc}
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT