diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 458c226d..28be69f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /CMakeCache.txt
-/cbuild/
+/build*/
 *.trace # OpenGL apitrace files
 /debian/tmp/
 /debian/*.log
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 89f36abf..16c5b0da 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ deploy:
       secure: DA3tW0My37vbi2t3dZ061281Xm8KSIkeLdFZsQISrut0g1kkbWuBTPxAfvE3B6OE8p47wAclE/wxA1+obMTVkY0oYpd5u+JelYNHxU/oL8Ww0xdUANwKNJ1JD2EZP8nSz7JSvxuGILC6AFPoTjawsG97SXwiTyp7z0PA6nvzraE=
     skip_cleanup: true
     file_glob: true
-    file: ../solvespace_*.deb
+    file:
+      - ../solvespace_*.deb
+      - ../solvespace-dbg_*.deb
     on:
       repo: whitequark/solvespace
       tags: true
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7875e84a..30e8c972 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Package: solvespace
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: SolveSpace is a parametric 2d/3d CAD
+Description: SolveSpace parametric 2d/3d CAD
  SolveSpace is a parametric 2d/3d CAD program. Applications include:
  .
   * modeling 3d parts — draw with extrudes, revolves, and Boolean
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ Description: SolveSpace is a parametric 2d/3d CAD
   * plane and solid geometry — replace hand-solved trigonometry and
     spreadsheets with a live dimensioned drawing.
 
+Package: solvespace-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: solvespace (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: SolveSpace parametric 2d/3d CAD (debugging files)
+ SolveSpace is a parametric 2d/3d CAD.
+ .
+ This package contains the debugging symbols for solvespace.
+
 Package: libslvs1
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
@@ -50,3 +60,14 @@ Description: SolveSpace geometric kernel (development files)
  kernel of SolveSpace, built as a library.
  .
  This package includes development files for libslvs.
+
+Package: libslvs1-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: libslvs1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: SolveSpace geometric kernel (debugging files)
+ SolveSpace is a parametric 2d/3d CAD. libslvs contains the geometric
+ kernel of SolveSpace, built as a library.
+ .
+ This package contains the debugging symbols for libslvs1.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ce59924b..eee3b398 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 	-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
+# create a -dbg package
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip -psolvespace --dbg-package=solvespace-dbg
+	dh_strip -plibslvs1 --dbg-package=libslvs1-dbg
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index 4f0669c2..3fbd3a47 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 tar-ignore = "*.sublime-*"
-tar-ignore = "cbuild"
+tar-ignore = "build*"
 tar-ignore = ".git"