diff --git a/helpers/make-debhelper b/helpers/make-debhelper
index 31eadf6ad20a5c785b5f361e09dcb49c9ccc7e5c..4cd8796954eca361da6720fb99049add4ba7f1c5 100644
--- a/helpers/make-debhelper
+++ b/helpers/make-debhelper
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ VERSION=1
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
 REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
 BACKPORTS=true
+DEPENDS=dh-autoreconf,dh-strip-nondeterminism
 
 . ./config
 
diff --git a/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf b/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..78f7fe5b18dbe54d518d641a7ec83a3bd838d66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-dh-autoreconf
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2019 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
+REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
+BACKPORTS=true
+
+. ./config
+
+sed '/debhelper/s/(>= 11)//' -i debian/control
+echo 10 > debian/compat
+
+changelog "Backported from bionic"
+
+compile
diff --git a/helpers/make-dh-strip-nondeterminism b/helpers/make-dh-strip-nondeterminism
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..74640ffeba53b85a1fe9ce6600978731903f57f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-dh-strip-nondeterminism
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2019 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
+REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
+BACKPORTS=true
+DEPENDS=libarchive-cpio-perl
+
+. ./config
+
+changelog "Backported from bionic"
+
+compile
diff --git a/helpers/make-libarchive-cpio-perl b/helpers/make-libarchive-cpio-perl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d94e29574909941ccb4136e656a2219a8b90e5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-libarchive-cpio-perl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2019 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main'
+REPOKEY=7638D0442B90D010
+BACKPORTS=true
+
+. ./config
+
+changelog "Backported from bionic"
+
+compile