diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 226e0a0..9e713f2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 nagios-check-xmppng (0.1.2-1~bpo8+1) jessie-backports; urgency=medium
 
   * Rebuild for jessie-backports.
+  * set jessie-backports as debian branch in debian/gbp.conf
 
  -- Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:38:33 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 1d04350..b8022be 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-debian-branch = debian
+debian-branch = jessie-backports
 upstream-branch = master
 upstream-tag = %(version)s
 no-create-orig = True