diff --git a/precommit-hook.sh b/precommit-hook.sh
index fc418ebc..71d7fea7 100755
--- a/precommit-hook.sh
+++ b/precommit-hook.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Installation: ln -s ../../precommit-hook.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit
 
 git diff --cached --name-status | while read status file; do
-	if [[ "$file" =~ ^patches/ ]] || [[ "$file" =~ ^debian/tools/ ]]; then
+	if [[ "$file" =~ ^patches/ ]] || [[ "$file" =~ ^debian/tools/ ]] || [[ "$file" =~ ^debian/changelog ]]; then
 		echo ""
 		echo "*** UPDATING AUTOGENERATED FILES ***"
 		echo ""