diff --git a/packages/strongswan/debian/control b/packages/strongswan/debian/control
index 7457b11b3..831381d23 100644
--- a/packages/strongswan/debian/control
+++ b/packages/strongswan/debian/control
@@ -47,3 +47,15 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libstrongswan (=${binary:Version})
 Section: devel
 Description: strongSwan development headers
  C header files to develop with libstrongswan.
+
+Package: strongswan-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Priority: extra
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, strongswan, libstrongswan
+Description: strongSwan library and binaries - debugging symbols
+ StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
+ native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
+ It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ .
+ This package provides the symbols needed for debugging of strongswan.
diff --git a/packages/strongswan/debian/rules b/packages/strongswan/debian/rules
index be1cc637e..3f49080fa 100755
--- a/packages/strongswan/debian/rules
+++ b/packages/strongswan/debian/rules
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_installinit --name=ipsec
 	dh_install -s
 	dh_link
-	dh_strip
+	dh_strip --dbg=strongswan-dbg
 	dh_compress
 	dh_fixperms -Xetc/ipsec.secrets -Xetc/ipsec.d
 	dh_makeshlibs