diff --git a/debian/README.debian b/debian/README.debian
index b0de7e6eb6..190211b2a1 100644
--- a/debian/README.debian
+++ b/debian/README.debian
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ mplayer for Debian
   Recommended method is running "fakeroot debian/rules binary" in the top
   directory
 
-Dariush Pietrzak <eyck@incubus.ar.lublin.pl>  Wed Aug 22 21:54:12 CEST 2001
+  In case you would like to pass some parameters to ./configure, set variable
+  DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS like that:
+
+  eyck@ghost$ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="--enable-streaming" fakeroot debian/rules binary
+  
+
+Dariush Pietrzak <eyck@ghost.anime.pl>  Sat Jan  5 20:28:23 CET 2002
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index afacc9153a..b9e8b728c5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 	# Add here commands to configure the package.
 	$(checkdir)
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gui
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gui $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)
 
 	touch configure-stamp