diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 8b357b0bd250b0e04012a08815c01cd3f95f22a3..07f2fbde2abf85a5f92040a10608a38e23db3905 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ create_package() {
 	cp debian/copyright "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/"
 	cp debian/changelog "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/changelog.Debian"
 	gzip -9 "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname/changelog.Debian"
+	sh -c "cd '$pdir'; find . -type f ! -path './DEBIAN/*' -printf '%P\0' \
+		| xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums"
 
 	# Fix ownership and permissions
 	chown -R root:root "$pdir"