diff --git a/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/control b/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/control
index 1b4d75580..df3673fc6 100644
--- a/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/control
+++ b/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/control
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ Description: An IDE for Unix/X11 - development files
  .
   Homepage: http://www.tdevelop.org/
 
+Package: tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+Section: debug
+Architecture: any
+Priority: extra
+Replaces: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Breaks: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Depends: tdevelop-trinity (= ${binary:Version}), tdelibs-trinity-dbg
+Description: debugging symbols for tdevelop
+ This package contains the debugging symbols associated with tdevelop.
+ They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging tdevelop-related
+ issues.
+
diff --git a/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/rules b/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/rules
index 690ea3c9b..fbc109e36 100755
--- a/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/lenny/tdevelop/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/trinity/share/info
 
 cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xinerama $(cdbs_kde_enable_final) $(cdbs_kde_enable_debug)
 
+DEB_DH_STRIP_ARGS  := --dbg-package=tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
 
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/control b/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/control
index 1b4d75580..df3673fc6 100644
--- a/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/control
+++ b/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/control
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ Description: An IDE for Unix/X11 - development files
  .
   Homepage: http://www.tdevelop.org/
 
+Package: tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+Section: debug
+Architecture: any
+Priority: extra
+Replaces: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Breaks: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Depends: tdevelop-trinity (= ${binary:Version}), tdelibs-trinity-dbg
+Description: debugging symbols for tdevelop
+ This package contains the debugging symbols associated with tdevelop.
+ They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging tdevelop-related
+ issues.
+
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/rules b/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/rules
index ced683e05..c484f3f2c 100755
--- a/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/squeeze/tdevelop/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/trinity/share/info
 
 cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xinerama $(cdbs_kde_enable_final) $(cdbs_kde_enable_debug)
 
+DEB_DH_STRIP_ARGS  := --dbg-package=tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
 
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/control b/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/control
index 9eee97afc..7bfa0f06f 100644
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/control
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ Description: An IDE for Unix/X11 - development files
  .
   Homepage: http://www.tdevelop.org/
 
+Package: tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+Section: debug
+Architecture: any
+Priority: extra
+Replaces: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Breaks: kdevelop-trinity-dbg (<< 4:14.0.0~)
+Depends: tdevelop-trinity (= ${binary:Version}), tdelibs-trinity-dbg
+Description: debugging symbols for tdevelop
+ This package contains the debugging symbols associated with tdevelop.
+ They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging tdevelop-related
+ issues.
+
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/rules b/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/rules
index ced683e05..c484f3f2c 100755
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/tdevelop/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/trinity/share/info
 
 cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xinerama $(cdbs_kde_enable_final) $(cdbs_kde_enable_debug)
 
+DEB_DH_STRIP_ARGS  := --dbg-package=tdevelop-trinity-dbg
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)