diff --git a/make/rpmdist.mk b/make/rpmdist.mk
index a6661323..98e2d6d5 100644
--- a/make/rpmdist.mk
+++ b/make/rpmdist.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PCKG_TAR                    ?= $(RPM_PROJECT)-$(RPM_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 ifeq ($(PKG_FORMAT),debian)
   # too bad: debian Requires: somepkg = 1.2.3 isn't satisfied by somepkg-1.2.3-5
-  PROJ_QUERY_PKG_REQUIRES_EXTRA_ARGS = --dont-strip-revision
+  PROJ_QUERY_PKG_REQUIRES_EXTRA_ARGS = --syntax debian
   PCKG_RPM_RUN_I386         ?= $(RPM_PROJECT)-run_$(RPM_VERSION)_$(RPM_ARCH).deb
   ifeq ($(CREATE_DEVEL),true)
     PCKG_RPM_DEVEL_I386     ?= $(RPM_PROJECT)-devel_$(RPM_VERSION)_$(RPM_ARCH).deb
diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/projects/BaseCmdPkgRelations.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/projects/BaseCmdPkgRelations.py
index 1bee712f..f8022824 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/projects/BaseCmdPkgRelations.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/projects/BaseCmdPkgRelations.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class BaseCmdPkgRelations(Cmd):
         ignore = args.ignore.split(',')
         flavours = args.flavour.split(',')
 
+        expand_semver_revision_range = args.expand_semver_revision_range
+        if args.syntax == 'debian':
+            expand_semver_revision_range = True
         log(DEBUG, f'flavour="{args.flavour}", subsecs="{", ".join(subsecs)}", "ignore="{args.ignore}"')
 
         version_pattern = re.compile("[0-9-.]*")
@@ -69,11 +72,11 @@ class BaseCmdPkgRelations(Cmd):
                                     pass
                                 else:
                                     raise Exception("Unknown version specifier in " + spec)
-                        if not args.expand_semver_revision_range:
+                        if not expand_semver_revision_range:
                             expanded_deps = [dep]
                         else:
                             expanded_deps = []
-                            if args.expand_semver_revision_range and len(dep) == 3:
+                            if expand_semver_revision_range and len(dep) == 3:
                                 semver = re.split(r'[.-]', version)
                                 if len(semver) != 4:
                                     expanded_deps = [dep]
@@ -92,6 +95,17 @@ class BaseCmdPkgRelations(Cmd):
                                         case _:
                                             raise NotImplementedError(f'Expanding SemVer range "{dep[0]} {dep[1]} {dep[3]}" is not yet implemented')
                         for expanded_dep in expanded_deps:
+                            match args.syntax:
+                                case 'semver':
+                                    pass
+                                case 'debian':
+                                    match expanded_dep[1]:
+                                        case '<':
+                                            expanded_dep[1] = '<<'
+                                        case '>':
+                                            expanded_dep[1] = '>>'
+                                case '_':
+                                   raise NotImplementedError(f'Unknown dependency syntax "{args.syntax}" for dependency "{dep[0]} {dep[1]} {dep[3]}"')
                             dep_str = ' '.join(expanded_dep)
                             if not dep_str in r:
                                 log(DEBUG, f'Appending dependency "{dep_str}"')
@@ -119,6 +133,8 @@ class BaseCmdPkgRelations(Cmd):
             default=False, help='Always treat VERSION macro as VERSION-REVISION')
         parser.add_argument('--expand-semver-revision-range', action='store_true',
             default=False, help='Always treat =VERSION macro as >= VERSION-0 and < (VERSION+1)-0')
+        parser.add_argument('--syntax', choices=['semver', 'debian'],
+            default='semver', help='Output syntax')
         parser.add_argument('--recursive', action='store_true',
             default=False, help='Find dependencies recursively')
         parser.add_argument('--dont-expand-version-macros', action='store_true',