diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 23320f8c..e977ca1e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ e2fsprogs (1.35-6) unstable; urgency=low
   * In the initrd script, fail quietly if /mnt/etc/fstab does not exist.
     (Closes: #246917)
   * Minor updates to German translation (Closes: #244105)
+  * Since woody's sysvinit package is before the initscripts were broken out
+    we need an explict Conflict: sysvinit (<< 2.85-4) header. (Closes: #243829)
 
- -- Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>  Tue,  4 May 2004 16:16:51 -0400
+ -- Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>  Tue,  4 May 2004 16:23:06 -0400
 
 e2fsprogs (1.35-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6e79c161..404412a8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Essential: yes
 Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Depends: 
 Suggests: gpart, parted, e2fsck-static
-Conflicts: dump (<< 0.4b4-4), quota (<< 1.55-8.1), initscripts (<< 2.85-4)
+Conflicts: dump (<< 0.4b4-4), quota (<< 1.55-8.1), initscripts (<< 2.85-4), sysvinit (<< 2.85-4)
 Architecture: any
 Description: The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
  EXT2 stands for "Extended Filesystem", version 2. It's the main