diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 01c2d13dd0204367b9655ee1c202f0a437ed2398..b19f1f4962e3dfdb852a4059bf3d1c6122963779 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ create_package() {
 	local pname="$1" pdir="$2"
 
 	cp debian/copyright "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/"
+	cp debian/changelog "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/changelog.Debian"
+	gzip -9 "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/changelog.Debian"
 
 	# Fix ownership and permissions
 	chown -R root:root "$pdir"