diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e940af1..f8ba3fa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+nut (2.7.2-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Port Ubuntu change to drop upstream systemd unit files to allow
+    sysvinit files for Jessie. (Closes: #747863)
+
+ -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:29:11 +0000
+
 nut (2.7.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b169acd..084af15 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ common-install-arch::
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libupsclient.so
 
 	# Install systemd files only on systems where it's supported
-ifeq (linux,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS))
+	# disabled in Ubuntu until the unit gets fixed to check nut.conf
+	# disabled in Debian Jessie to retain sysvinit support until fix is available
+ifeq (linux-disabled,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS))
 	install -m 644 -D $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service \
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/nut-client/lib/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service
 	install -D $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/systemd/system-shutdown/nutshutdown \