diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6fb34c0..8e0e079 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
                pkg-config,
                autotools-dev,
                libosmocore-dev,
-               libosmo-netif-dev
+               libosmo-netif-dev,
+               osmo-gsm-manuals-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-mgw.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://git.osmocom.org/osmo-mgw/
@@ -33,3 +34,12 @@
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: libosmo-mgcp-client5 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Description: libosmo-mgcp-client: Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client utilities
+
+Package: osmo-mgw-doc
+Architecture: all
+Section: doc
+Priority: optional
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: ${misc:Package} PDF documentation
+ Various manuals: user manual, VTY reference manual and/or
+ protocol/interface manuals.
diff --git a/debian/osmo-mgw-doc.install b/debian/osmo-mgw-doc.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cb07ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/osmo-mgw-doc.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/share/doc/osmo-mgw-doc/*.pdf
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d67243c..d38898d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --enable-manuals
+
+# Don't create .pdf.gz files (barely saves space and they can't be opened directly by most pdf readers)
+override_dh_compress:
+	dh_compress -X.pdf
 
 # See https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-dbg