diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 130095f0..f655bf51 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 export DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL = 2
 
+BUILDDIR = $(CURDIR)/obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+
 # Configuration arguments
 CONFIG_ARGS = -Dudev_rules_dir=/lib/udev/rules.d -Dgtk-examples=false -Ddrivers=all
 
@@ -18,3 +20,5 @@ override_dh_install:
 		debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/libfprint-2.pc
 	dh_install
 
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	dh_auto_test -- -C $(BUILDDIR) --timeout-multiplier 5