diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b1626dcac..0c307dedb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,19 +4,30 @@ Maintainer: Arne Morten Kvarving <arne.morten.kvarving@sintef.no>
 Build-Depends: build-essential, debhelper (>= 9),
                pkg-config, cmake, git, libtool, doxygen,
                texlive-latex-extra, texlive-latex-recommended,
-               ghostscript
+               ghostscript, libboost-system-dev, libboost-test-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Section: libs
 Homepage: http://opm-project.org
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/OPM/opm-common.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/OPM/opm-common
 
+Package: libopm-common1
+Section: libs
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, multiarch-support
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Provides: libopm-common
+Description: OPM common library
+ The OPM common library contains generic code shared across all OPM modules.
+
 Package: libopm-common1-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Provides: libopm-common-dev
 Suggests: libopm-common1-doc
+Depends: libopm-common1 (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: OPM common library -- development files
  The OPM common library contains the shared buildsystem
  and helpers shared across all OPM modules.
diff --git a/debian/libopm-common1-dev.install b/debian/libopm-common1-dev.install
index c18cd0914..a863e41c2 100644
--- a/debian/libopm-common1-dev.install
+++ b/debian/libopm-common1-dev.install
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 usr/include/*
 usr/lib/dunecontrol/*
-usr/lib/pkgconfig/*
+usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/*
 usr/share/cmake/*
 usr/share/opm/*
+usr/lib/*/lib*.so
diff --git a/debian/libopm-common1.install b/debian/libopm-common1.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ddde5841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libopm-common1.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/lib/*/lib*.so.*