diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a4f07d6..e9a9436 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--localstatedir=/var \
 		--enable-ssl \
 		--with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
-		--with-piddir=/var/run/nagios
+		--with-piddir=/var/run/nagios \
+		--enable-command-args
 
 	# Restore deterministic "openssl dhparam" output.
 	cp include/dh.h.orig include/dh.h