diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8026117e..4af6821b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	make install
 
 configure_config:
-	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'x86_64' ]; then echo "1\n2\n" | ./configure; fi
-	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'i686' ]; then echo "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi
-	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'armv6l' ]; then echo "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi
+	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'x86_64' ]; then echo -e "1\n2\n" | ./configure; fi
+	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'i686' ]; then echo -e "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi
+	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'armv6l' ]; then echo -e "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi