diff --git a/aptpkg b/aptpkg
index 21fe3b3..ac0b46c 100755
--- a/aptpkg
+++ b/aptpkg
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Section:
 Priority:
 Homepage: ${url:?}
 Description: ${description:?}
-${customcontrol:?}
+${customcontrol:=}
 " > "$builddir"/DEBIAN/control
 }