diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 220b2bda..b7609d8a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22131,3 +22131,6 @@
 2021-07-31 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed a bug in 'helpers/rdi18n_helper.sh.in' that broke the
 	build on Ubuntu.
+2021-07-31 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a bug in 'systemd/daemon-reload.sh' that broke the
+	'make deb' target.
diff --git a/systemd/daemon-reload.sh b/systemd/daemon-reload.sh
index 0d2db1f8..3ba4220e 100755
--- a/systemd/daemon-reload.sh
+++ b/systemd/daemon-reload.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #  Do a daemon-reload for SystemD
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2018 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+# (C) Copyright 2018-2021 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 #
 #   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@
 #
 
 if test $UID -eq 0 ; then
-    /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
+    if test -z $FAKEROOTKEY ; then
+	/bin/systemctl daemon-reload
+    fi
 fi