diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5462ffb6ad..d5152ae538 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 git-annex (4.20130502) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Android: The webapp is ported and working.
+  * Temporarily add an upper bound to the version of yesod that can be built
+    with, since yesod 1.2 has a great many changes that will require extensive
+    work on the webapp.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 02 May 2013 20:39:19 -0400
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 11d327d150..829b7b2aab 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Executable git-annex
     CPP-Options: -DWITH_DBUS
 
   if flag(Webapp)
-    Build-Depends: yesod, yesod-static, case-insensitive,
+    Build-Depends: yesod (< 1.2), yesod-static, case-insensitive,
      http-types, transformers, wai, wai-logger, warp, blaze-builder,
      crypto-api, hamlet, clientsession, aeson, yesod-form,
      template-haskell, yesod-default, data-default