diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ab7ca0f2236dc818b5fb2445a42ba5efa4d7803d..e483046207cdf8e59ce5e784c46a305d38c08719 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 python-defaults (2.6.5-10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
-  * dh_python2: add --depend command line option (use it if requires.txt
-    doesn't contain dependency that package needs)
+  * dh_python2:
+    - add --depend command line option (use it if requires.txt
+      doesn't contain dependency that package needs)
+    - add {/usr,}/sbin to the list of directories with checked shebangs
 
  -- Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:10:19 +0200
 
diff --git a/dh_python2 b/dh_python2
index 3934f024b1e5afb10a16d5e76aaf1ddf8a574e6b..e159635b1aa10255f2eb98f574b1b21879e80544 100755
--- a/dh_python2
+++ b/dh_python2
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ def scan(package, dname=None):
                     break
             else:  # i.e. not public_dir and not private_dir
                 if len(root.split('/', 6)) < 6 and (\
-                   root.endswith('/bin') or root.endswith('/usr/games')):
+                   root.endswith('/sbin') or root.endswith('/bin') or\
+                   root.endswith('/usr/games')):
                    # /bin or /usr/bin or /usr/games
                     bin_dir = root