diff --git a/packaging/debian-multiarch/rules b/packaging/debian-multiarch/rules
index 6f06fb1ac..120a7a3b7 100755
--- a/packaging/debian-multiarch/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian-multiarch/rules
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ binary-arch: build-arch install-arch
 #	to let gdb find the symbols for libSOGo
 	( cd debian/sogo-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/; \
 	  ln -s GNUstep/Frameworks/SOGo.framework/Versions/*/libSOGo* ./ )
-	dh_compress
+	dh_compress -X.py -X.sh
 	dh_fixperms
 	dh_makeshlibs -X/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/mapistore_backends
 	dh_shlibdeps
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index b3b41ce65..9e76c6c62 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ binary-arch: build-arch install-arch
 #	to let gdb find the symbols for libSOGo
 	( cd debian/sogo-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/; \
 	  ln -s GNUstep/Frameworks/SOGo.framework/Versions/*/libSOGo* ./ )
-	dh_compress
+	dh_compress -X.py -X.sh
 	dh_fixperms
 	dh_makeshlibs -X/usr/lib/mapistore_backends
 	dh_shlibdeps