diff --git a/cabal-debian.cabal b/cabal-debian.cabal
--- a/cabal-debian.cabal
+++ b/cabal-debian.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           cabal-debian
-Version:        4.24.5
+Version:        4.24.6
 Copyright:      Copyright (c) 2007-2014, David Fox, Jeremy Shaw
 License:        BSD3
 License-File:   LICENSE
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+haskell-cabal-debian (4.24.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Patch from Dmitry Bogatov for filling in debian/copyright fields
+  * Patch from Dmitry Bogatov for debhelper and haskell-devscripts build deps
+  * Patch from Dmitry Bogatov for default changelog message
+  * Add a --no-run-tests flag to control the nocheck option
+  * Compatibility with different GHC versions
+
+ -- David Fox <dsf@seereason.com>  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:14:48 -0700
+
 haskell-cabal-debian (4.24.3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Always include the test suite build dependencies in debian/control,
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+haskell-cabal-debian (4.24.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use build dependency haskell-devscripts >= 0.8 for unofficial, >= 0.9
+    for official.
+  * Straighten out the test suite options: --no-tests, --no-run-tests
+
+ -- David Fox <dsf@seereason.com>  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:31:14 -0700
+
 haskell-cabal-debian (4.24.5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Patch from Dmitry Bogatov for filling in debian/copyright fields
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/BuildDependencies.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/BuildDependencies.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/BuildDependencies.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/BuildDependencies.hs
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@
 
 -- |Debian packages don't have per binary package build dependencies,
 -- so we just gather them all up here.
-allBuildDepends :: Monad m => Bool -> PackageDescription -> CabalT m [Dependency_]
-allBuildDepends noTestSuite pkgDesc =
+allBuildDepends :: Monad m => PackageDescription -> CabalT m [Dependency_]
+allBuildDepends pkgDesc =
+    access (A.debInfo . D.enableTests) >>= \ testsEnabled ->
     allBuildDepends'
       (mergeCabalDependencies $
        Cabal.buildDepends pkgDesc ++
             concatMap (Cabal.targetBuildDepends . Cabal.buildInfo) (Cabal.executables pkgDesc) ++
-            (if noTestSuite then [] else concatMap (Cabal.targetBuildDepends . Cabal.testBuildInfo) $ {-filter Cabal.testEnabled-} (Cabal.testSuites pkgDesc)))
+            (if testsEnabled then concatMap (Cabal.targetBuildDepends . Cabal.testBuildInfo) $ {-filter Cabal.testEnabled-} (Cabal.testSuites pkgDesc) else []))
       (mergeCabalDependencies $ concatMap buildTools $ allBuildInfo pkgDesc)
       (mergeCabalDependencies $ concatMap pkgconfigDepends $ allBuildInfo pkgDesc)
       (concatMap extraLibs . allBuildInfo $ pkgDesc) >>=
@@ -115,13 +116,13 @@
        let hcTypePairs =
                fold union empty $
                   Set.map (\ hc' -> Set.map (hc',) $ hcPackageTypes hc') hcs
-       noTestSuite <- access (A.debInfo . D.noTestSuite)
-       cDeps <- allBuildDepends noTestSuite pkgDesc >>= mapM (buildDependencies hcTypePairs) >>= return . {-nub .-} concat
+       cDeps <- allBuildDepends pkgDesc >>= mapM (buildDependencies hcTypePairs) >>= return . {-nub .-} concat
        bDeps <- access (A.debInfo . D.control . S.buildDepends)
        prof <- not <$> access (A.debInfo . D.noProfilingLibrary)
+       official <- access (A.debInfo . D.official)
        compat <- access (A.debInfo . D.compat)
        let xs = nub $ [maybe [] (\ n -> [D.Rel (D.BinPkgName "debhelper") (Just (D.GRE (parseDebianVersion (show n)))) Nothing]) compat,
-                       [D.Rel (D.BinPkgName "haskell-devscripts") (Just (D.GRE (parseDebianVersion ("0.9" :: String)))) Nothing],
+                       [D.Rel (D.BinPkgName "haskell-devscripts") (Just $ D.GRE $ parseDebianVersion $ if official then "0.9" else "0.8" :: String) Nothing],
                        anyrel "cdbs"] ++
                       (if member GHC hcs
                        then [anyrel' (compilerPackageName GHC B.Development)] ++ if prof then [anyrel' (compilerPackageName GHC B.Profiling)] else []
@@ -146,9 +147,8 @@
     do hc <- access (A.debInfo . D.flags . compilerFlavor)
        let hcs = singleton hc -- vestigial
        doc <- not <$> access (A.debInfo . D.noDocumentationLibrary)
-       noTestSuite <- access (A.debInfo . D.noTestSuite)
        bDeps <- access (A.debInfo . D.control . S.buildDependsIndep)
-       cDeps <- allBuildDepends noTestSuite pkgDesc >>= mapM docDependencies
+       cDeps <- allBuildDepends pkgDesc >>= mapM docDependencies
        let xs = nub $ if doc
                       then (if member GHC hcs then [anyrel' (compilerPackageName GHC B.Documentation)] else []) ++
 #if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,22,0)
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/CabalInfo.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/CabalInfo.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/CabalInfo.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/CabalInfo.hs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import Data.Monoid (Monoid(..))
 import Data.Text as Text (null, pack, strip)
 import Debian.Debianize.BasicInfo (Flags)
-import Debian.Debianize.DebInfo as D (control, copyright, DebInfo, makeDebInfo, noTestSuite, noTestSuiteRun, rulesSettings)
+import Debian.Debianize.DebInfo as D (control, copyright, DebInfo, makeDebInfo, enableTests, runTests, rulesSettings)
 import Debian.Debianize.BinaryDebDescription (Canonical(canonical))
 import Debian.Debianize.CopyrightDescription (defaultCopyrightDescription)
 import Debian.Debianize.InputCabal (inputCabalization)
@@ -95,13 +95,7 @@
     (do (debInfo . copyright) ~= Just copyrt
         (debInfo . control . S.homepage) ~= case strip (pack (Cabal.homepage pkgDesc)) of
                                               x | Text.null x -> Nothing
-                                              x -> Just x
-        noTests <- access (debInfo . noTestSuite)
-        unless (List.null (Cabal.testSuites pkgDesc) || noTests)
-               (do (debInfo . rulesSettings) %= (++ ["DEB_ENABLE_TESTS = yes"])
-                   noRun <- access (debInfo . noTestSuiteRun)
-                   when noRun $ (debInfo . rulesSettings) %= (++ ["DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS += nocheck"])
-               ))
+                                              x -> Just x)
     (makeCabalInfo flags' pkgDesc)
 
 makeCabalInfo :: Flags -> PackageDescription -> CabalInfo
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/DebInfo.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/DebInfo.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/DebInfo.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/DebInfo.hs
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
     , backups
     , extraDevDeps
     , official
-    , noTestSuite
-    , noTestSuiteRun
+    , enableTests
+    , runTests
     , allowDebianSelfBuildDeps
 
     , binaryDebDescription
@@ -252,9 +252,9 @@
       -- reason to use this is because we don't yet know the name of the dev library package.
       , _official :: Bool
       -- ^ Whether this packaging is created by the Debian Haskell Group
-      , _noTestSuite :: Bool
-      -- ^ Force omission of the test suites from the debianization
-      , _noTestSuiteRun :: Bool
+      , _enableTests :: Bool
+      -- ^ Include the test suites in the debianization if they exists
+      , _runTests :: Bool
       -- ^ Prevent the test suite from being run during the package build
       , _allowDebianSelfBuildDeps :: Bool
       -- ^ Normally self dependencies are filtered out of the debian
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@
     , _backups = mempty
     , _extraDevDeps = mempty
     , _official = False
-    , _noTestSuite = False
-    , _noTestSuiteRun = False
+    , _enableTests = True
+    , _runTests = True
     , _allowDebianSelfBuildDeps = False
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/Finalize.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/Finalize.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/Finalize.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/Finalize.hs
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@
 import Data.Set as Set (difference, filter, fold, fromList, insert, map, null, Set, singleton, toList, union, unions)
 import Data.Set.Extra as Set (mapM_)
 import Data.Text as Text (intercalate, pack, Text, unlines, unpack)
-import Data.Version (showVersion)
 import Debian.Changes (ChangeLog(..), ChangeLogEntry(..))
 import Debian.Debianize.BasicInfo (cabalFlagAssignments, compilerFlavor, verbosity)
+import qualified Debian.Debianize.BinaryDebDescription as B
 import Debian.Debianize.BuildDependencies (debianBuildDeps, debianBuildDepsIndep)
+import qualified Debian.Debianize.CabalInfo as A
 import Debian.Debianize.Changelog (dropFutureEntries)
 import qualified Debian.Debianize.DebInfo as D
 import Debian.Debianize.DebianName (debianName, debianNameBase)
+import Debian.Debianize.DebInfo (rulesSettings)
 import Debian.Debianize.Goodies (backupAtoms, describe, execAtoms, serverAtoms, siteAtoms, watchAtom)
 import Debian.Debianize.InputDebian (dataTop, dataDest, inputChangeLog)
-import Debian.Debianize.Monad as Monad (CabalT, liftCabal)
+import Debian.Debianize.Monad as Monad (CabalT, liftCabal, unlessM)
 import Debian.Debianize.Options (compileCommandlineArgs, compileEnvironmentArgs)
 import Debian.Debianize.Prelude ((%=), (+=), (~=), (~?=))
-import qualified Debian.Debianize.CabalInfo as A
-import qualified Debian.Debianize.BinaryDebDescription as B
 import qualified Debian.Debianize.SourceDebDescription as S
 import Debian.Debianize.VersionSplits (DebBase(DebBase))
 import Debian.Orphans ()
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@
 import Distribution.Compiler (CompilerFlavor(GHCJS))
 #endif
 import Distribution.Package (Dependency(..), PackageIdentifier(..), PackageName(PackageName))
-import Distribution.PackageDescription (FlagName(FlagName), PackageDescription)
-import Distribution.PackageDescription as Cabal (allBuildInfo, author, BuildInfo(buildable, extraLibs), Executable(buildInfo, exeName), maintainer)
+import Distribution.PackageDescription as Cabal (allBuildInfo, author, BuildInfo(buildable, extraLibs), Executable(buildInfo, exeName), FlagName(FlagName), maintainer, PackageDescription(testSuites))
 import qualified Distribution.PackageDescription as Cabal (PackageDescription(dataFiles, executables, library, package))
-import Paths_cabal_debian (version)
 import Prelude hiding ((.), init, log, map, unlines, unlines, writeFile)
 import System.Environment (getProgName)
 import System.FilePath ((<.>), (</>), makeRelative, splitFileName, takeDirectory, takeFileName)
@@ -96,10 +94,17 @@
 finalizeDebianization' date debhelperCompat =
     do -- In reality, hcs must be a singleton or many things won't work.  But some day...
        hc <- access (A.debInfo . D.flags . compilerFlavor)
+       pkgDesc <- access A.packageDescription
+
+       testsEnabled <- access (A.debInfo . D.enableTests)
+       let testsExist = not $ List.null $ Cabal.testSuites pkgDesc
+       when (testsExist && testsEnabled) $
+            do (A.debInfo . rulesSettings) %= (++ ["DEB_ENABLE_TESTS = yes"])
+               unlessM (access (A.debInfo . D.runTests)) $ (A.debInfo . D.rulesSettings) %= (++ ["DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS += nocheck"])
+
        finalizeSourceName B.HaskellSource
        checkOfficialSettings hc
        addExtraLibDependencies hc
-       pkgDesc <- access A.packageDescription
        (A.debInfo . D.watch) ~?= Just (watchAtom (pkgName $ Cabal.package $ pkgDesc))
        (A.debInfo . D.control . S.section) ~?= Just (MainSection "haskell")
        (A.debInfo . D.control . S.priority) ~?= Just Extra
@@ -280,7 +285,6 @@
        -- pkgDesc <- access T.packageDescription >>= return . maybe Nothing (either Nothing Just . parseMaintainer . Cabal.maintainer)
        cmts <- access (A.debInfo . D.comments)
        (A.debInfo . D.changelog) %= fmap (dropFutureEntries ver)
-       prog <- liftIO getProgName
        let msg = "Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)"
        (A.debInfo . D.changelog) %= fixLog src ver cmts debianMaintainer msg
     where
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/Monad.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/Monad.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/Monad.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/Monad.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     , evalDebianT
     , execDebianT
     , liftCabal
+
+    , ifM
+    , whenM
+    , unlessM
     ) where
 
 import OldLens (focus)
@@ -60,3 +64,12 @@
 
 liftCabal :: Monad m => StateT DebInfo m a -> StateT CabalInfo m a
 liftCabal = focus debInfo
+
+ifM :: Monad m => m Bool -> m a -> m a -> m a
+ifM m t f = m >>= \ b -> if b then t else f
+
+whenM :: Monad m => m Bool -> m () -> m ()
+whenM m r = m >>= \ b -> if b then r else return ()
+
+unlessM :: Monad m => m Bool -> m () -> m ()
+unlessM m r = m >>= \ b -> if b then return () else r
diff --git a/src/Debian/Debianize/Options.hs b/src/Debian/Debianize/Options.hs
--- a/src/Debian/Debianize/Options.hs
+++ b/src/Debian/Debianize/Options.hs
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@
              (unlines [ "Subdirectory where cabal does its build, dist/build by default, dist-ghc when"
                       , "run by haskell-devscripts.  The build subdirectory is added to match the"
                       , "behavior of the --builddir option in the Setup script."]),
-      Option "" ["no-test-suite"] (NoArg ((A.debInfo . D.noTestSuite) ~= True))
-             "Don't build the test suite.",
-      Option "" ["no-test-suite-run"] (NoArg ((A.debInfo . D.noTestSuiteRun) ~= True))
-             "Don't run the test suite during the build.",
+      Option "" ["no-tests"] (NoArg ((A.debInfo . D.enableTests) ~= False))
+             "Build the test suite.",
+      Option "" ["no-run-tests"] (NoArg ((A.debInfo . D.runTests) ~= False))
+             "Run the test suite during the build.",
       Option "" ["allow-debian-self-build-deps"] (NoArg ((A.debInfo . D.allowDebianSelfBuildDeps) ~= True))
              (unlines [ "Set this to allow self dependencies in the debian package build dependencies."
                       , "This may occasionally be necessary for a package that relies on an older"
diff --git a/test-data/alex/output/debian/control b/test-data/alex/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/alex/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/alex/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Section: haskell
 Maintainer: Simon Marlow <marlowsd@gmail.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-               haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9),
+               haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8),
                cdbs,
                ghc,
                ghc-prof,
diff --git a/test-data/archive/output/debian/control b/test-data/archive/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/archive/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/archive/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Maintainer: David Fox <dsf@seereason.com>
 Section: haskell
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
-               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9)
+               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8)
                , cdbs
                , ghc
 	       , ghc-prof
diff --git a/test-data/artvaluereport-data/output/debian/control b/test-data/artvaluereport-data/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/artvaluereport-data/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/artvaluereport-data/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Section: haskell
 Maintainer: David Fox <dsf@seereason.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
-               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9)
+               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8)
                , cdbs
                , ghc
                , ghc-prof
diff --git a/test-data/artvaluereport2/output/debian/control b/test-data/artvaluereport2/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/artvaluereport2/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/artvaluereport2/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Section: haskell
 Maintainer: Clifford Beshers <beshers@seereason.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
-               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9)
+               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8)
                , cdbs
                , ghc
                , ghc-prof
diff --git a/test-data/clckwrks-dot-com/output/debian/control b/test-data/clckwrks-dot-com/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/clckwrks-dot-com/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/clckwrks-dot-com/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: extra
 Section: haskell
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
-               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9)
+               , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8)
                , cdbs
                , ghc
                , ghc-prof
diff --git a/test-data/creativeprompts/output/debian/control b/test-data/creativeprompts/output/debian/control
--- a/test-data/creativeprompts/output/debian/control
+++ b/test-data/creativeprompts/output/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: extra
 Section: haskell
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
-	       , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.9)
+	       , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8)
 	       , cdbs
                , ghc
                , ghc-prof
