diff --git a/debian/config.pl.diff b/debian/config.pl.diff
index cf3144c5..5e4ae183 100644
--- a/debian/config.pl.diff
+++ b/debian/config.pl.diff
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  # Full path to various commands for archiving
  #
  $Conf{SplitPath} = '/usr/bin/split';
--$Conf{ParPath}   = '';
+-$Conf{ParPath}   = '/usr/bin/par2';
 +$Conf{ParPath}   = '/usr/bin/par2' if -x '/usr/bin/par2';
  $Conf{CatPath}   = '/bin/cat';
  $Conf{GzipPath}  = '/bin/gzip';