For the nvidia-graphics-drivers package, commenting out this VIDEODEP line in debian/rules fixes the problem:
# Comment out the following line to re-enable automatic ABI detection
VIDEODEP = xorg-video-abi-11|xorg-video-abi-12|xorg-video-abi-13, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.11.99.901)
For the nvidia- graphics- drivers package, commenting out this VIDEODEP line in debian/rules fixes the problem:
# Comment out the following line to re-enable automatic ABI detection abi-11| xorg-video- abi-12| xorg-video- abi-13, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.11.99.901)
VIDEODEP = xorg-video-