diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3acef743f..90017390f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ fully comply with the official Debian packaging requirements. These scripts can
 be found in the 'debian' sub-directory. Binary packages can be built using
 'dpkg-buildpackage'.
 
-If you're using 'git-buildpackage' make sure to specify the autogen.sh script
-as a prebuild requirement (git-buildpackage --git-prebuild=./autogen.sh).
-
 Building Icinga 2
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af6f0fd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[git-buildpackage]
+prebuild = ./autogen.sh