diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f66c47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.log
+*.substvars
+/debhelper-build-stamp
+/files
+/kamailio-config-tests/
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75..ec635144 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 81d1d2af..8b4da8c8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 Source: kamailio-config-tests
-Section: Development
+Section: devel
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
-Standards-Version: 3.9.7
-Homepage: http://www.sipwise.com/
+ debhelper (>= 9),
+Standards-Version: 3.9.8
+Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 
 Package: kamailio-config-tests
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${perl:Depends},
  curl,
  libfile-slurp-perl,
  libgraphviz-perl,
@@ -23,8 +25,7 @@ Depends:
  python,
  python-pyinotify,
  python-yaml,
- sip-tester ( >= 1:3.3-1~ ),
+ sip-tester (>= 1:3.3-1~),
  tcpdump,
- ${misc:Depends},
 Description: Kamailio configuration tests
- scripts and tests scenarios to check Kamailio configuration
+ Scripts and tests scenarios to check Kamailio configuration.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 9d08ef19..ad638402 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Upstream-Name: kamailio-config-tests
-Source: www.sipwise.com
+Source: https://www.sipwise.com/
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2013 Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
-License: GPL-3.0+
-
-Files: debian/*
-Copyright: 2013 Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
-License: GPL-3.0+
-
+Copyright:
+ 2013-2017 Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
 License: GPL-3.0+
  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,6 +18,6 @@ License: GPL-3.0+
  .
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- .
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
- Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
+Comment:
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
+ version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
diff --git a/debian/dirs b/debian/dirs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b296a72..00000000
--- a/debian/dirs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/share/kamailio-config-tests
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5607cbd4..277c158f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-# -*- makefile -*-
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
-# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
-# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
-# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
-# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
@@ -16,4 +10,4 @@ override_dh_usrlocal:
 	echo "skipping dh_usrlocal"
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-	echo "skipping dh_auto_test"
\ No newline at end of file
+	echo "skipping dh_auto_test"