diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e49784a0f..83a4f9ef8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ MENUFILE2 = title="$(TITLE)" command="/$(PKGDIR)/$(PACKAGE)"
 export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR = /usr/lib/$(CROSS_COMPILE_HOST)/pkgconfig
 BINDIR :=  $(DIR)/bin/Linux/Release
 LDFLAGS += "-Wl,-rpath=/usr/lib/$(CROSS_COMPILE_HOST)"
+# FIXME libgme-dev on debian doesn't use pkg-config yet, so put in the linker flag ourselves
+MAKEARGS += LIBGME_LDFLAGS=-lgme
 
 build:
 	$(MKDIR) $(BINDIR)/debug