diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45460eb..6dc9066 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def get_version():
     import re
     info = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.bzr/branch/last-revision')
     __version = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'ox/__version.py')
+    changelog = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'debian/changelog')
     if os.path.exists(info):
         f = open(info)
         rev = int(f.read().split()[0])
@@ -23,10 +24,17 @@ def get_version():
     elif os.path.exists(__version):
         with open(__version) as fd:
             data = fd.read().strip().split('\n')[0]
-            version = re.compile('VERSION="(.*)"').findal(data)
+            version = re.compile('VERSION="(.*)"').findall(data)
             if version:
                 version = version[0]
                 return version
+    elif os.path.exists(changelog):
+        f = open(changelog)
+        head = f.read().strip().split('\n')[0]
+        f.close()
+        rev = re.compile('\d+\.\d+\.(\d+)').findall(head)
+        if rev:
+            return u'2.1.%s'%rev[0]
     return u'2.1.x'
 
 setup(