--- /usr/src/cmake-2.8.9/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake	2012-08-09 20:15:19.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake	2012-08-24 10:56:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -251,12 +251,24 @@ IF(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS)
     # Execute dpkg-shlibdeps
     # --ignore-missing-info : allow dpkg-shlibdeps to run even if some libs do not belong to a package
     # -O : print to STDOUT
-    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${SHLIBDEPS_EXECUTABLE} --ignore-missing-info -O ${CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES}
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY}"
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_OUTPUT
-      RESULT_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_RESULT
-      ERROR_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_ERROR
-      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
+    
+    LIST(LENGTH CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES L_CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES)
+    IF(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEBUG)
+      MESSAGE("CPackDeb Debug: count of binary files: ${L_CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES}")
+    ENDIF(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEBUG)
+
+    IF(L_CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES GREATER 0)
+      EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${SHLIBDEPS_EXECUTABLE} --ignore-missing-info -O ${CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_OUTPUT
+        RESULT_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_RESULT
+        ERROR_VARIABLE SHLIBDEPS_ERROR
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
+    ELSE(L_CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES GREATER 0)
+        SET(SHLIBDEPS_OUTPUT "Depends=")
+        SET(SHLIBDEPS_RESULT 0)
+        SET(SHLIBDEPS_ERROR "")
+    ENDIF(L_CPACK_DEB_BINARY_FILES GREATER 0)
     IF(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEBUG)
       # dpkg-shlibdeps will throw some warnings if some input files are not binary
       MESSAGE( "CPackDeb Debug: dpkg-shlibdeps warnings \n${SHLIBDEPS_ERROR}")