diff -Nru ddclient-3.8.2/debian/changelog ddclient-3.8.2/debian/changelog
--- ddclient-3.8.2/debian/changelog	2015-01-06 10:31:30.000000000 +0000
+++ ddclient-3.8.2/debian/changelog	2016-01-05 08:14:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ddclient (3.8.2-2ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Depend on perl instead of perl5.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:14:07 +0000
+
 ddclient (3.8.2-2ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Debian unstable.  Remaining changes:
diff -Nru ddclient-3.8.2/debian/control ddclient-3.8.2/debian/control
--- ddclient-3.8.2/debian/control	2015-01-06 10:31:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ddclient-3.8.2/debian/control	2016-01-05 08:13:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Package: ddclient
 Architecture: all
-Depends: perl5, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>= 3.1), initscripts (>= 2.86)
+Depends: perl, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>= 3.1), initscripts (>= 2.86)
 Recommends: libio-socket-ssl-perl
 Provides: dyndns-client
 Description: address updating utility for dynamic DNS services