diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8424e45e..ec0a8012 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif
 
 $(info Building with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS: [${DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS}])
 MAKE_TARGETS=all
-ifeq (,$(filter nodocs,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (,$(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	MAKE_TARGETS += doc
 endif