diff -Nru pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/changelog pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/changelog
--- pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/changelog	2018-04-26 06:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/changelog	2018-05-12 18:57:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-pywinrm (0.3.0-1ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium
+pywinrm (0.3.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-  * Avoid the usage of distutils at runtime. Closes: #896420.
+  [ Matthias Klose ]
+  * Avoid the usage of distutils at runtime. (Closes: #896420).
 
- -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:28:23 +0200
+ -- Harlan Lieberman-Berg <hlieberman@debian.org>  Sat, 12 May 2018 14:57:38 -0400
 
 pywinrm (0.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff -Nru pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff
--- pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff	2018-04-26 06:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-Index: b/winrm/transport.py
-===================================================================
---- a/winrm/transport.py
-+++ b/winrm/transport.py
-@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ else:
- import requests
- import requests.auth
- import warnings
--from distutils.util import strtobool
- 
- HAVE_KERBEROS = False
- try:
-@@ -48,6 +47,16 @@ from winrm.encryption import Encryption
- __all__ = ['Transport']
- 
- 
-+# copied from distutils.util
-+def strtobool (val):
-+    val = val.lower()
-+    if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
-+        return 1
-+    elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
-+        return 0
-+    else:
-+        raise ValueError("invalid truth value %r" % (val,))
-+
- class UnsupportedAuthArgument(Warning):
-     pass
- 
diff -Nru pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.patch pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.patch
--- pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.patch	2018-05-12 18:54:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Description: Avoid dependency on python-distutils
+Author: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
+Bug: https://github.com/diyan/pywinrm/issues/219
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896420
+Forwarded: yes
+Reviewed-by: Harlan Lieberman-Berg <hlieberman@debian.org>Index: b/winrm/transport.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/winrm/transport.py
++++ b/winrm/transport.py
+@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ else:
+ import requests
+ import requests.auth
+ import warnings
+-from distutils.util import strtobool
+ 
+ HAVE_KERBEROS = False
+ try:
+@@ -48,6 +47,16 @@ from winrm.encryption import Encryption
+ __all__ = ['Transport']
+ 
+ 
++# copied from distutils.util
++def strtobool (val):
++    val = val.lower()
++    if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
++        return 1
++    elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
++        return 0
++    else:
++        raise ValueError("invalid truth value %r" % (val,))
++
+ class UnsupportedAuthArgument(Warning):
+     pass
+ 
diff -Nru pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/series pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/series
--- pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/series	2018-04-26 06:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ pywinrm-0.3.0/debian/patches/series	2018-05-12 18:56:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-avoid-distutils.diff
+avoid-distutils.patch