diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ee92d6..1e257da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *.deb
 *.dsc
 *.tar.gz
-a53
+liba53
 CommonLibs
 NodeManager
 openbts
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0cbb734..4235096 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ sayAndDo sudo dpkg -i $BUILDNAME/range-libsqliteodbc_*.deb
 echo "# - done"
 echo
 
-echo "# a53 - building and installing as dependency"
-sayAndDo cd a53
-sayAndDo make
-sayAndDo sudo make install
+echo "# liba53 - building Debian and installing as dependency"
+sayAndDo cd liba53
+sayAndDo dpkg-buildpackage
 sayAndDo cd ..
+sayAndDo mv liba53_* $BUILDNAME
+sayAndDo sudo dpkg -i $BUILDNAME/liba53_*.deb
 echo "# - done"
 echo
 
diff --git a/common.source b/common.source
index bffcfe4..5c158ae 100644
--- a/common.source
+++ b/common.source
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ sayAndDo () {
 }
 
 REPOS="\
-	a53 \
 	asterisk \
 	asterisk-config \
 	CommonLibs \
+	liba53 \
 	libsqliteodbc \
-	libzmq NodeManager \
+	libzmq \
+	NodeManager \
 	openbts \
 	RRLP \
 	smqueue \