diff --git a/helpers/make-thunderbird b/helpers/make-thunderbird
index 50720695c359300f05ea0d091f1c5ed6deabd3a4..2f87918ade4b9daff907e9ae83946d96a6cc865d 100644
--- a/helpers/make-thunderbird
+++ b/helpers/make-thunderbird
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=14
+VERSION=15
 
 . ./config
 
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ ac_add_options --disable-eme
 %%endif
 ARCH
 ########################################################
+sed "s_^Maintainer.*_Maintainer: $DEBFULLNAME <$DEBEMAIL>_g" -i debian/control.in
 
 sed '/^MOZ_PKG_NAME/s/.*/MOZ_PKG_NAME=icedove/' -i debian/build/config.mk