diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
index 5d430db6b6e..cd1d0424929 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           # The quilt default setting is --fuzz=2, but debian packaging has
           # stricter requirements
           sudo sed -i 's/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS=.*$/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS="--fuzz=0"/g' /etc/quilt.quiltrc
+          sudo echo "QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches" >> /etc/quilt.quiltrc
 
       - name: Setup - configure git
         run: |