diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1e44d7bc..5d92b3bd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -63,22 +63,12 @@ ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
 	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
 endif
 
-	# Apply our patches to Wine
-	for DIR in $$(find $(CURDIR)/patches/ -type d | sort); do \
-		for FILE in $$(ls $$DIR | sort | grep '\.patch$$'); do \
-			patch -N -p0 --strip=1 < $$DIR/$$FILE || exit 1; \
-		done \
-	done
-
-	# Update the configure script
-	autoreconf
+	# Apply our patches, reconfigure, and update the wineserver protocol request data
+	make -C "$(CURDIR)/patches/" DESTDIR="$(CURDIR)" install
 
 	# Configure
 	CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --prefix=/opt/wine-compholio --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info $(CONFFLAGS)
 
-	# Update the wineserver protocol request data
-	./tools/make_requests
-
 build: build-stamp
 
 build-stamp:  config.status 
diff --git a/patches/Makefile b/patches/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b21b444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+install:
+	# Apply our patches to Wine
+	for DIR in $$(find $(CURDIR) -type d | sort); do \
+		for FILE in $$(ls $$DIR | sort | grep '\.patch$$'); do \
+			patch -d $(DESTDIR) -N -p0 --strip=1 < $$DIR/$$FILE || exit 1; \
+		done \
+	done
+
+	# Update the configure script
+	cd $(DESTDIR); autoreconf;
+
+	# Update the wineserver protocol request data
+	cd $(DESTDIR); ./tools/make_requests;