diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5e6a506..9470bd1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+bsdgames (2.17-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Deal with removal of wenglish package. Closes: #345975
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed,  4 Jan 2006 12:41:16 -0500
+
 bsdgames (2.17-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Manu file quoting improvmenets.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index abeca87..2d0dd87 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Source: bsdgames
 Section: games
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), libncurses5-dev, flex, bison, wenglish, wbritish, dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), libncurses5-dev, flex, bison, wamerican, wbritish, dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2
 
 Package: bsdgames
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, wenglish | wordlist
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, wamerican | wordlist
 Conflicts: bsdgames-nonfree (<< 2.14)
 Replaces: bsdgames-nonfree (<< 2.14)
 Description: a collection of classic textual unix games