diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a1f3754e..21572dbd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ libgtop2 (2.28.3-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Martin Pitt ]
   * debian/control.in: Fix section of gir1.2-gtop-2.0, should be "libs" (and
     was set like that by ftpmasters).
+  * debian/watch: Fix regexp syntax, and watch for *.tar.bz2.
 
   [ Josselin Mouette ]
   * Use kfreebsd-any wildcard. Closes: #634623.
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 0608d4e1..83550a41 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=2
-http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgtop/([\d\.]+)[02468]/ \
-	libgtop-(.*)\.tar\.gz
+http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgtop/([\d\.]+[02468])/ \
+	libgtop-(.*)\.tar\.bz2