diff --git a/helpers/config b/helpers/config
index acd1ecf2f7a18b95ed2973f87527697a80bc3bc6..9bf3fc6bf14ead2fcadc1b3e520cf6040fc5ca3b 100755
--- a/helpers/config
+++ b/helpers/config
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ find $3 -type f -not -iregex '.*changelog.*' -not -iregex '.*copyright.*' -execd
 }
 changelog(){
 head -n 1 debian/changelog | grep -q $UPSTREAM-security && REPO=$CODENAME-security || REPO=$CODENAME
+[ "$BACKPORT" = true ] || [ "$BACKPORTS" = true ] && REPO=${CODENAME}-backports
 echo | dch -D $REPO -v `pkgversion`+${REVISION}trisquel${VERSION} "$1"
 
 # Make sure the changelog file is identical between archs