diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e0d75aa..7576455 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -42,3 +42,59 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Osmocom Base Station Controller Network Address Translation
+
+Package: osmocom-bsc-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-bsc (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC BSC
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-nitb-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-nitb (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC NITB
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-ipaccess-utils-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-ipaccess-utils (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC ip.access utils
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-bs11-utils-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-bs11-utils (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC BS11 utils
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-sgsn-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-sgsn (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC Serving GPRS Support Node
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-gbproxy-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-gbproxy (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC GPRS GBProxy
+ Make debugging possible
+
+Package: osmocom-bsc-nat-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: osmocom-bsc-nat (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Debug symbols for the OpenBSC Network Address Translation
+ Make debugging possible
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 89f96cc..586fa10 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
 override_dh_autoreconf:
 	cd openbsc && autoreconf --install --force
 
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip -posmocom-bsc --dbg-package=osmocom-bsc-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-nitb --dbg-package=osmocom-nitb-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-ipaccess-utils --dbg-package=osmocom-ipaccess-utils-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-bs11-utils --dbg-package=osmocom-bs11-utils-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-sgsn --dbg-package=osmocom-sgsn-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-gbproxy --dbg-package=osmocom-gbproxy-dbg
+	dh_strip -posmocom-bsc-nat --dbg-package=osmocom-bsc-nat-dbg
+
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	echo $(VERSION) > openbsc/.tarball-version
 	dh_auto_configure --sourcedirectory=openbsc -- --enable-nat --enable-osmo-bsc