diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28b..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 369e2f16..f2647318 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ Source: webmin
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), gzip, tar
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ gzip,
+ tar,
 Standards-Version: 4.0.0
 Homepage: https://webmin.com/
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/turnkeylinux/webmin/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ba03aae7..649d22a6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,42 +2,20 @@
 
 DH_VERBOSE = 1
 
-progname=$(shell awk '/^Source/ {print $$2}' debian/control)
-buildroot=debian/$(progname)
-
-share=$(buildroot)/usr/share/$(progname)
-tmp=debian/tmp
-
 %:
 	dh $@
 
-clean:
-	dh_clean
-
-build:
-	dh_prep
-	mkdir -p $(tmp)
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	# no build step required - pure Perl/config package
 
-install: build
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	mkdir -p $(share)
-	cp -aR webmin_core/* $(share)
-	dh_install debian/etc/pam.d/webmin etc/pam.d
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	# run bash script for plugin install steps
 	DH_VERBOSE=$(DH_VERBOSE) ./plugins_deb_rules.sh
-	rm -rf $(tmp)
-
-binary-indep: install
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installinit -r --no-start -- start 91 2 3 4 5 . stop 01 0 1 6 .
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
-
-binary-arch: install
 
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install
+	find debian/webmin/usr/share/webmin -name "*.pl" -exec \
+		sed -i '1s|^#!.*perl|#!/usr/bin/perl|' {} \;
 
-.PHONY: clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --no-start
diff --git a/debian/webmin.init b/debian/webmin.init
deleted file mode 100755
index 9cf3b717..00000000
--- a/debian/webmin.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          webmin
-# Required-Start:    $all
-# Required-Stop:     $network
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Webmin
-# Description:       A web-based administration interface for Unix systems
-### END INIT INFO
-
-NAME=webmin
-
-set -e
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-case "$1" in
-    'start')
-        log_begin_msg "Starting $NAME"
-        /etc/webmin/start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
-        RETVAL=$?
-        log_action_end_msg $RETVAL
-        ;;
-
-    'stop')
-        log_begin_msg "Stopping $NAME"
-        /etc/webmin/stop
-        RETVAL=$?
-        log_action_end_msg $RETVAL
-        ;;
-
-    'status')
-        pidfile=`grep "^pidfile=" /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'`
-        if [ -s $pidfile ]; then
-            pid=`cat $pidfile`
-            kill -0 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1
-            if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
-                echo "webmin (pid $pid) is running"
-                RETVAL=0
-            else
-                echo "webmin is stopped"
-                RETVAL=1
-            fi
-        else
-            echo "webmin is stopped"
-            RETVAL=1
-        fi
-        ;;
-
-    'restart')
-        /etc/webmin/stop ; /etc/webmin/start
-        RETVAL=$?
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
-        RETVAL=1
-        ;;
-esac
-exit $RETVAL
-
diff --git a/debian/webmin.install b/debian/webmin.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e90bff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/webmin.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+webmin_core/*   usr/share/webmin/
+etc/*           etc/
diff --git a/debian/webmin.logrotate b/debian/webmin.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecc18dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/webmin.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/var/log/webmin/miniserv.log
+/var/log/webmin/miniserv.error {
+    daily
+    rotate 14
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    create 0640 root root
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        # Signal miniserv to reopen log files after rotation
+        if [ -f /var/webmin/miniserv.pid ]; then
+            kill -HUP $(cat /var/webmin/miniserv.pid) 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+    endscript
+}
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/webmin.postinst
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/postinst
rename to debian/webmin.postinst
diff --git a/debian/webmin.service b/debian/webmin.service
index f98de905..61b4af2e 100644
--- a/debian/webmin.service
+++ b/debian/webmin.service
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PIDFile=/var/webmin/miniserv.pid
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=2s
 TimeoutSec=15s
+SyslogIdentifier=webmin
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/etc/pam.d/webmin b/etc/pam.d/webmin
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/etc/pam.d/webmin
rename to etc/pam.d/webmin