diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b62268c6a3..a9732ea59d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 
 Package: git-core
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, shellutils, diff, rysnc, rcs
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, shellutils, diff, rsync, rcs
 Description: The git content addressable filesystem
  GIT comes in two layers. The bottom layer is merely an extremely fast
  and flexible filesystem-based database designed to store directory trees
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
old mode 100644
new mode 100755