diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3e9d6cc..e2e6159 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 dnsmasq (2.61-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
    * New upstream.
+   * Provide "dump-stats" initscript method. (closes: #654656)
+   * Add (empty) build-indep and build-arch rules targets.
 
  -- Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>  Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:45:43 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/init b/debian/init
index d966fc0..0ca08d7 100644
--- a/debian/init
+++ b/debian/init
@@ -256,8 +256,11 @@ case "$1" in
 		*) log_success_msg "(unknown)" ; exit 4 ;;
 	esac
 	;;
+  dump-stats)
+        kill -s USR1 `cat /var/run/dnsmasq/$NAME.pid`
+	;;
   *)
-	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
+	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|dump-stats|status}" >&2
 	exit 3
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8fb473f..09ce2a0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ endef
 # Below here is fairly generic really
 
 binary:		binary-arch binary-indep
+
 build:		
+build-arch:
+build-indep:
 
 checkroot:
 	test root = "`whoami`"