diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 12df244..20f525f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--enable-ssl \
 		--with-logdir=/var/log \
 		--with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
-		--with-piddir=/var/run/nagios
+		--with-piddir=/var/run/nagios \
+		--enable-command-args \
+		--enable-bash-command-substitution
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build -- all