--- a/contrib/builddeb	Wed Nov 25 14:59:43 2015 +0800
+++ b/contrib/builddeb	Wed Nov 25 15:15:03 2015 +0800
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@
 
 BUILD=1
 CLEANUP=1
+DISTID=debian
 CODENAME=jessie
 while [ "$1" ]; do
     case "$1" in
+    --distid )
+        shift
+        DISTID="$1"
+        shift
+        ;;
     --codename )
         shift
         CODENAME="$1"
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@
 fi
 if [ "$CLEANUP" ] ; then
     echo
-    OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:=packages/debian-$CODENAME}
+    OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:=packages/$DISTID-$CODENAME}
     find ../mercurial*.deb ../mercurial_*.build ../mercurial_*.changes \
           -type f -newer $control -print0 | \
       xargs -Inarf -0 mv narf "$OUTPUTDIR"