diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4780ed8d6ae7fb9d3eb3a7b0a7c1e4ffdb516a83..25fac8e7fccab81f7c28d8661126aa9d4c6d1f00 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ python-defaults (2.7.2-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       packages)
   * pyclean now accepts --package and private dir argument at the same time
 
- -- Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:23:50 +0200
+  [ Scott Kitterman ]
+  * debpyhton/pydist: Incorporate patch from Jonathan Lange to stop printing
+    to stderr (LP: #812960)
+
+ -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:28:50 -0400
 
 python-defaults (2.7.2-4) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debpython/pydist.py b/debpython/pydist.py
index fdfb18319653ce94b1aa17591f09db89d6547527..781b71fe48f25bc7f0dd2b85fdfbb944d3c7c227 100644
--- a/debpython/pydist.py
+++ b/debpython/pydist.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def guess_dependency(req, version=None):
 
     log.debug("invoking dpkg -S %s", query)
     process = Popen("/usr/bin/dpkg -S %s" % query, \
-                    shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+                    shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
     stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
     if process.returncode == 0:
         result = set()