diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ffb9ac1..8ff59f0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
                libtalloc-dev,
                libusrp-dev,
                liblimesuite-dev,
-               libosmocore-dev (>= 0.10.0)
+               libosmocore-dev (>= 0.10.0),
+               osmo-gsm-manuals-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Vcs-Browser: http://cgit.osmocom.org/osmo-trx
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-trx
@@ -89,3 +90,12 @@
  3GPP is the "3rd Generation Partnership Project" which is the collaboration
  between different telecommunication associations for developing new
  generations of mobile phone networks. (post-2G/GSM)
+
+Package: osmo-trx-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-trx-doc.install b/debian/osmo-trx-doc.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa207b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/osmo-trx-doc.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/share/doc/osmo-trx-doc/*.pdf
diff --git a/debian/patches/build-for-debian8.patch b/debian/patches/build-for-debian8.patch
index cd1f356..6b917c4 100644
--- a/debian/patches/build-for-debian8.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/build-for-debian8.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-Index: osmo-trx/debian/control
-===================================================================
---- osmo-trx.orig/debian/control
-+++ osmo-trx/debian/control
+diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
+index 8ff59f0..126c16a 100644
+--- a/debian/control
++++ b/debian/control
 @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                 libfftw3-dev,
                 libtalloc-dev,
                 libusrp-dev,
 -               liblimesuite-dev,
-                libosmocore-dev (>= 0.10.0)
+                libosmocore-dev (>= 0.10.0),
+                osmo-gsm-manuals-dev
  Standards-Version: 3.9.6
- Vcs-Browser: http://cgit.osmocom.org/osmo-trx
-@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ Package: osmo-trx-dbg
+@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Package: osmo-trx-dbg
  Architecture: any
  Section: debug
  Priority: extra
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
  Description: Debug symbols for the osmo-trx-*
   Make debugging possible
  
-@@ -70,22 +70,3 @@ Description: SDR transceiver that implem
-  3GPP is the "3rd Generation Partnership Project" which is the collaboration
+@@ -72,25 +71,6 @@ Description: SDR transceiver that implements Layer 1 of a GSM BTS (USRP1)
   between different telecommunication associations for developing new
   generations of mobile phone networks. (post-2G/GSM)
--
+ 
 -Package: osmo-trx-lms
 -Architecture: any
 -Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
@@ -42,16 +41,20 @@
 - 3GPP is the "3rd Generation Partnership Project" which is the collaboration
 - between different telecommunication associations for developing new
 - generations of mobile phone networks. (post-2G/GSM)
-Index: osmo-trx/debian/rules
-===================================================================
---- osmo-trx.orig/debian/rules
-+++ osmo-trx/debian/rules
+-
+ Package: osmo-trx-doc
+ Architecture: all
+ Section: doc
+diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
+index 627c0c8..d9285e2 100755
+--- a/debian/rules
++++ b/debian/rules
 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ override_dh_shlibdeps:
  	dh_shlibdeps --dpkg-shlibdeps-params=--ignore-missing-info
  
  override_dh_auto_configure:
--	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-lms --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
-+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
+-	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-lms --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --enable-manuals
++	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --enable-manuals
  
  override_dh_strip:
  	dh_strip --dbg-package=osmo-trx-dbg
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 68de706..627c0c8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 	dh_shlibdeps --dpkg-shlibdeps-params=--ignore-missing-info
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-lms --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-uhd --with-usrp1 --with-lms --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --enable-manuals
 
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=osmo-trx-dbg
+
+# 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