diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk b/debian/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
index 7a55130b2..641c6c6cc 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ ifndef _cdbs_class_cmake
 endif
 	debian/rules clean
 
+.tdepkginfo:
+	echo "# TDE package information" >.tdepkginfo
+	dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n "s|^Source: |Name: |p" >>.tdepkginfo
+	dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n "s|^Version: |Version: |p" >>.tdepkginfo
+	date +"DateTime: %m/%d/%Y %H:%M" -u -d "$$(dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's|^Date: ||p')" >>.tdepkginfo
+
+post-patches:: .tdepkginfo
+
 common-build-arch:: debian/stamp-man-pages
 debian/stamp-man-pages:
 	if ! test -d debian/man/out; then mkdir -p debian/man/out; fi
@@ -212,6 +220,7 @@ ifndef _cdbs_class_cmake
 			subdirs; \
 	fi
 endif
+	rm -f .tdepkginfo
 	rm -f debian/stamp-kde-apidox
 	rm -f debian/stamp-cvs-make
 
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk b/ubuntu/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
index 7a55130b2..641c6c6cc 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/basket/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ ifndef _cdbs_class_cmake
 endif
 	debian/rules clean
 
+.tdepkginfo:
+	echo "# TDE package information" >.tdepkginfo
+	dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n "s|^Source: |Name: |p" >>.tdepkginfo
+	dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n "s|^Version: |Version: |p" >>.tdepkginfo
+	date +"DateTime: %m/%d/%Y %H:%M" -u -d "$$(dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's|^Date: ||p')" >>.tdepkginfo
+
+post-patches:: .tdepkginfo
+
 common-build-arch:: debian/stamp-man-pages
 debian/stamp-man-pages:
 	if ! test -d debian/man/out; then mkdir -p debian/man/out; fi
@@ -212,6 +220,7 @@ ifndef _cdbs_class_cmake
 			subdirs; \
 	fi
 endif
+	rm -f .tdepkginfo
 	rm -f debian/stamp-kde-apidox
 	rm -f debian/stamp-cvs-make