diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61aa89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.log
+*.substvars
+/debhelper-build-stamp
+/files
+/libsipwise-base-perl/
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index caedae6..d192aec 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ Section: perl
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 8),
+ debhelper (>= 9),
  libipc-system-simple-perl,
  libmodule-build-perl,
  libstrictures-perl,
  libtrycatch-perl,
-Standards-Version: 3.9.7
-Homepage: http://sipwise.com/
+Standards-Version: 3.9.8
+Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 
 Package: libsipwise-base-perl
 Architecture: all
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ Depends:
  libtrycatch-perl,
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${perl:Depends},
-Description: Perl module Sipwise::Base
- TODO
+Description: Sipwise base perl module
+ This package provides the Sipwise::Base Perl module which contains
+ standard Sipwise boilerplate and tries to enforce best coding practices
+ via code checks and default settings.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index f0d4b4d..bfeb77a 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Upstream-Contact: Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
 
 Files: *
 Copyright:
- Copyright © 2013-2015 Sipwise GmbH, Austria
+ Copyright © 2013-2017 Sipwise GmbH, Austria
 License: GPL-3+
  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
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ae9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)