modified   debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+systemd (261~rc2-2~pre1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Ben Finney ]
+  * debian/rules:
+    * Install upstream changelog.
+      Closes: bug#1138091.
+
+ -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Thu, 28 May 2026 19:58:19 +1000
+
 systemd (261~rc2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Clean up autovt@ alias on purge. (Closes: #1137522)
modified   debian/rules
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ override_dh_installsystemduser:
 execute_after_dh_installsysusers:
 	dh_installsysusers -pudev --name=debian-udev
 
+.PHONY: override_dh_installchangelogs
+override_dh_installchangelogs:
+	dh_installchangelogs NEWS
+
 PROJECT_VERSION ?= $(shell awk '/(PROJECT|PACKAGE)_VERSION / {print $$3}' obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)/config.h | tr -d \")
 
 # The SysV compat tools (which are symlinks to systemctl) are