diff --git a/packaging/debian/create_package.sh b/packaging/debian/create_package.sh
index 8edd0bd..049f004 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/create_package.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian/create_package.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ mkdir -p "$debiandir" "$bindir"
 
 install "$bdir/opam-graph" "$bindir/opam-graph"
 
+# install debian metadata
+install -m 0644 $basedir/packaging/debian/control $debiandir/control
+install -m 0644 $basedir/packaging/debian/changelog $debiandir/changelog
+install -m 0644 $basedir/packaging/debian/copyright $debiandir/copyright
+
 ARCH=$(dpkg-architecture -q DEB_TARGET_ARCH)
 sed -i -e "s/^Architecture:.*/Architecture: ${ARCH}/" "$debiandir"/control