2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 29a7c26..d99f3bc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ dgit (0.21~~iwj) unstable; urgency=low
     Closes:#731632.
   * Be able to clone or fetch from Debian backports suites (which are
     a bit like main Debian suites but also a bit not like them).
+  * Compute "-v" option default value (changelog version since) correctly
+    for Debian backports suites.
+  * Closes:#733954.
 
  --
 
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index a5736e1..94b9ab1 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1857,6 +1857,13 @@ sub changesopts () {
     my @opts =@changesopts[1..$#changesopts];
     if (!defined $changes_since_version) {
 	my @vsns = archive_query('archive_query');
+	my @quirk = access_quirk();
+	if ($quirk[0] eq 'backports') {
+	    local $isuite = $quirk[2];
+	    local $csuite;
+	    canonicalise_suite();
+	    push @vsns, archive_query('archive_query');
+	}
 	if (@vsns) {
 	    @vsns = map { $_->[0] } @vsns;
 	    @vsns = sort { -version_compare_string($a, $b) } @vsns;