diff --git a/distro/pkg/deb/bird2-doc.docs b/distro/pkg/deb/bird2-doc.docs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c0c6465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/pkg/deb/bird2-doc.docs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+obj/doc/bird*.html
+obj/doc/bird.pdf
+obj/doc/prog*.html
+obj/doc/prog.pdf
diff --git a/distro/pkg/deb/control b/distro/pkg/deb/control
index 5ea624b3..d431022b 100644
--- a/distro/pkg/deb/control
+++ b/distro/pkg/deb/control
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                libncurses5-dev,
                libreadline-dev | libreadline6-dev | libreadline5-dev,
                libssh-gcrypt-dev,
+               linuxdoc-tools-latex,
                m4,
                opensp,
                quilt,
+               texlive-latex-extra,
                xsltproc
 Maintainer: Jakub Ružička <jakub.ruzicka@nic.cz>
 Uploaders: Ondřej Surý <ondrej@debian.org>
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ Depends: adduser,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Conflicts: bird
+Suggests: bird2-doc
 Description: Internet Routing Daemon
  BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major
  routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a
@@ -38,3 +41,15 @@ Description: Internet Routing Daemon
  BIRD supports IPv4 and IPv6 versions of OSPF, RIP, BGP and Babel routing
  protocols. It also supports supplementary protocols like BFD, RPKI-Router
  and IPv6 router advertisements.
+
+Package: bird2-doc
+Architecture: all
+Section: doc
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Internet Routing Daemon - documentation
+ BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major
+ routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a
+ powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration
+ interface.
+ .
+ This package provides the user and developer documentation.
diff --git a/distro/pkg/deb/rules b/distro/pkg/deb/rules
index 5b66d493..5630ed1c 100755
--- a/distro/pkg/deb/rules
+++ b/distro/pkg/deb/rules
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build
+	dh_auto_build -- docs
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install --destdir=debian/tmp