diff --git a/contrib/builder/deb/debian-wheezy/Dockerfile b/contrib/builder/deb/debian-wheezy/Dockerfile
index ce4a4a6..077a74b 100644
--- a/contrib/builder/deb/debian-wheezy/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/builder/deb/debian-wheezy/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 FROM debian:wheezy-backports
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y -t wheezy-backports btrfs-tools libsystemd-journal-dev --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y -t wheezy-backports btrfs-tools --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion  build-essential curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev libltdl-dev  libsqlite3-dev pkg-config  --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV GO_VERSION 1.5.3
diff --git a/contrib/builder/deb/generate.sh b/contrib/builder/deb/generate.sh
index db51bd8..903b883 100755
--- a/contrib/builder/deb/generate.sh
+++ b/contrib/builder/deb/generate.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	)
 	# packaging for "sd-journal.h" and libraries varies
 	case "$suite" in
-		precise) ;;
+		precise|wheezy) ;;
 		sid|stretch|wily) packages+=( libsystemd-dev );;
 		*) packages+=( libsystemd-journal-dev );;
 	esac