diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5d0456d..763d815 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ Description: Near Field Communication (NFC) library (development files)
  This package contains the header and development files needed to build
  programs and packages using libnfc.
 
+Package: libnfc4-dbg
+Section: debug
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libnfc4 (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Near Field Communication (NFC) library (debugging information)
+ libnfc is a library for Near Field Communication. It abstracts the
+ low-level details of communicating with the devices away behind an
+ easy-to-use high-level API.
+ It supports most hardware based on the NXP PN531, PN532 or PN533
+ controller chips.
+ .
+ This package contains the debugging information.
+
 Package: libnfc-bin
 Section: utils
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fbdd8f3..fad10c8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --with autoreconf
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip -plibnfc4 --dbg-package=libnfc4-dbg
+	dh_strip --remaining-packages