diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4bde8f325..6194e5f5e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)
 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 
 confflags = --disable-rpath --disable-video-directfb \
-            --disable-nas --disable-esd --disable-arts \
-            --disable-alsa-shared --disable-pulseaudio-shared \
-            --disable-x11-shared
+            --disable-nas --disable-esd --disable-arts
+
+# These flags can be used to create a package with runtime dependencies
+#            --disable-alsa-shared \
+#            --disable-pulseaudio-shared \
+#            --disable-x11-shared
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel