diff --git a/hooks/06-create-dummy-changelog-prebuild b/hooks/06-create-dummy-changelog-prebuild
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b1e54d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/06-create-dummy-changelog-prebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "${TAMARIN_UTIL}"
+
+if [ -f debian/changelog ] || [ ! -d .git ]; then
+    info "Not a Git repository or Debian changelog already exists !"
+    exit
+fi
+
+changelog="debian/changelog"
+project_name=$(get_opt project_name)
+project_version=$(get_opt project_version '0.0.0')
+date=$(date -R)
+top_contributor=$(git log --pretty=short | git shortlog -s -n -e | sed 's/^\s*[0-9]*\s*//g' | head -n 1)
+current_commit=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%h)
+
+echo "${project_name} (${project_version}) unstable; urgency=low" > ${changelog}
+echo >> ${changelog}
+echo "  * Package built with Tamarin. Based on commit ${current_commit}." >> ${changelog}
+echo >> ${changelog}
+echo " -- ${top_contributor}  ${date}" >> ${changelog}
diff --git a/hooks/07-add-package-version-suffix-prebuild b/hooks/07-add-package-version-suffix-prebuild
index 7905074..2a2a739 100755
--- a/hooks/07-add-package-version-suffix-prebuild
+++ b/hooks/07-add-package-version-suffix-prebuild
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ else
   version_suffix=tamarin$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
 fi
 
-sed -i "0,/(\(.*\))/s/(\(.*\))/(\1-${version_suffix})/" debian/changelog
+sed -i "0,/(\(.*\))/s/(\(.*\))/(\1${version_suffix})/" debian/changelog