diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a9e6919a..306e4613 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,23 +21,46 @@ Build-Depends:
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 
-Package: ngcp-schema
+Package: libngcp-schema-perl
 Architecture: all
+Replaces:
+ ngcp-schema,
 Depends:
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${perl:Depends},
  libdatetime-format-mysql-perl,
  libdbd-mysql-perl,
  libdbix-class-encodedcolumn-perl,
  libdbix-class-helpers-perl (>= 2.018003),
- libdbix-class-schema-loader-perl,
- libfile-sharedir-perl,
- libquantum-superpositions-perl,
  libregexp-common-perl,
  libregexp-ipv6-perl,
  libsipwise-base-perl (>= 1.004),
- libtest-fatal-perl,
  libxml-simple-perl,
  perl-doc,
+Description: NGCP DBIC-derived ORM schema classes
+ This package provides schema classes for the NGCP databases.
+
+Package: ngcp-schema-tools
+Architecture: all
+Section: devel
+Replaces:
+ ngcp-schema,
+Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${perl:Depends},
-Description: DBIC-derived ORM schema classes
+ libdbix-class-schema-loader-perl,
+ libngcp-schema-perl,
+ libquantum-superpositions-perl,
+ libsipwise-base-perl (>= 1.004),
+ perl-doc,
+Description: NGCP DBIC-derived ORM schema classes - development tools
  This package provides schema classes for the NGCP databases.
+
+Package: ngcp-schema
+Architecture: all
+Section: oldlibs
+Depends:
+ ngcp-schema-tools,
+Description: transitional dummy package
+ This package has been split into libngcp-schema-perl and ngcp-schema-tools.
+ It can be safely removed once it is not depended on by other packages.
diff --git a/debian/libngcp-schema-perl.install b/debian/libngcp-schema-perl.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5855a7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libngcp-schema-perl.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/share/perl5/NGCP/
+usr/share/man/man3/
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-schema-tools.install b/debian/ngcp-schema-tools.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63c303b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/ngcp-schema-tools.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/bin/
+usr/share/man/man1/