diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5b9cfb..3ec9f4d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 python-pygit2 (0.22.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-  * New upstream release.
+  * New upstream release:
+    - Adds support for libgit2 >= 0.22 which unfortunately is incompatible
+    with previous version, so we restrict to that (Closes: #786597).
   * Ran wrap-and-sort.
   * Removed version in Build-Depends on python{3,}-all-dev.
   * Overrides dh_auto_clean to allow easier gbp builds.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f4d6b3c..301070c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>,
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-python,
                libffi-dev,
-               libgit2-dev,
+               libgit2-dev (>= 0.22),
                python-all-dev,
                python-cffi,
                python-pycparser,