diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 7d4ab49f..2a0eadd7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -334,3 +334,15 @@ do_unpack[postfuncs] += "create_source_date_epoch_stamp"
 
 def get_source_date_epoch_value(d):
     return oe.reproducible.epochfile_read(d.getVar('SDE_FILE'), d)
+
+def deb_list_beautify(d, varname):
+    line = d.getVar(varname)
+    if not line:
+        return ''
+
+    var_list = []
+    for a in line.split(','):
+        stripped = a.strip()
+        if stripped:
+            var_list.append(stripped)
+    return ', '.join(var_list)
diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
index 5e9d76f3..b9ebc4ba 100644
--- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ DEBIAN_CHANGELOG_TIMESTAMP ??= "3600"
 DESCRIPTION ??= "must not be empty"
 MAINTAINER ??= "Unknown maintainer <unknown@example.com>"
 
+DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS ?= "debhelper-compat (= ${DEBIAN_COMPAT}), ${DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS}"
+
 deb_add_changelog() {
 	changelog_v="${CHANGELOG_V}"
 	timestamp="${DEBIAN_CHANGELOG_TIMESTAMP}"
@@ -73,15 +75,15 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER}
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= ${DEBIAN_COMPAT}), ${DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS}
+Build-Depends: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS')}
 
 Package: ${BPN}
 Architecture: ${DPKG_ARCH}
-Depends: ${DEBIAN_DEPENDS}
-Provides: ${DEBIAN_PROVIDES}
-Replaces: ${DEBIAN_REPLACES}
-Breaks: ${DEBIAN_BREAKS}
-Conflicts: ${DEBIAN_CONFLICTS}
+Depends: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_DEPENDS')}
+Provides: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_PROVIDES')}
+Replaces: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_REPLACES')}
+Breaks: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_BREAKS')}
+Conflicts: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_CONFLICTS')}
 Multi-Arch: ${DEBIAN_MULTI_ARCH}
 Description: ${DESCRIPTION}
 EOF