diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c00740d..e9917c34 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ fw-clean: fw-simtrace-dfu-clean fw-simtrace-trace-clean fw-simtrace-cardem-clean
 fw: fw-simtrace-dfu fw-simtrace-trace fw-simtrace-cardem fw-qmod-dfu fw-qmod-cardem
 
 utils:
-	make -C host
+	(cd host && \
+	 autoreconf -fi && \
+	 ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-werror && \
+	 make)
 
 clean: fw-clean
-	make -C host clean
+	if [ -e host/Makefile ]; then \
+		make -C host clean; \
+	fi
 
 install:
 	make -C firmware install
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a3da488a..ccebd497 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+simtrace2 (0.5.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * adapt to host tools in autotools
+
+ -- Harald Welte <lafore@gnumonks.org>  Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:44:57 +0100
+
 simtrace2 (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Backwards-compatibility with older (released, non-master) libosmocore
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f30b1d3e..cbe9f754 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ Maintainer: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+               autotools-dev,
+               autoconf,
+               automake,
+               libtool,
+               pkg-config,
+               git,
+               dh-autoreconf,
                libosmocore-dev,
                libpcsclite-dev,
                libnewlib-arm-none-eabi,
@@ -26,6 +33,33 @@ Package: simtrace2-utils
 Section: devel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmo-simtrace2-0
 Recommends: simtrace2-firmware
 Description: Host utilities to communicate with SIMtrace2 USB Devices.
+
+Package: libosmo-simtrace2-0
+Section: libs
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Osmocom SIMtrace2 library
+  This library contains core "driver" functionality to interface with the
+  Osmocom SIMtrace2 (and compatible) USB device firmware.  It enables
+  applications to implement SIM card / smart card tracing as well as
+  SIM / smart card emulation functions.
+
+Package: libosmo-simtrace2-dev
+Section: libdevel
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends: libosmo-simtrace2-0, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Development headers for Osmocom SIMtrace2 library
+  This library contains core "driver" functionality to interface with the
+  Osmocom SIMtrace2 (and compatible) USB device firmware.  It enables
+  applications to implement SIM card / smart card tracing as well as
+  SIM / smart card emulation functions.
+  .
+  The header files provided by this package may be used to develop
+  with any of the libosmocore libraries.
+  .
+  Also static libraries are installed with this package.
diff --git a/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-0.install b/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-0.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..383b2320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-0.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/lib/libosmo-simtrace2*.so.*
diff --git a/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-dev.install b/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-dev.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eec0e15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libosmo-simtrace2-dev.install
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+usr/include/*
+usr/lib/lib*.a
+usr/lib/lib*.so
+usr/lib/lib*.la
+usr/lib/pkgconfig/*
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2d33f6ac..2c615db6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+DEBIAN  := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Version: | cut -d' ' -f2)
+DEBVERS := $(shell echo '$(DEBIAN)' | cut -d- -f1)
+VERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEBVERS)' | sed -e 's/[+-].*//' -e 's/~//g')
+
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_STRIP = -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
+
+
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_autoreconf:
+	cd host && dh_autoreconf
diff --git a/host/Makefile.am b/host/Makefile.am
index d1b3b310..de768517 100644
--- a/host/Makefile.am
+++ b/host/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ SUBDIRS = include lib src contrib #tests examples doc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = .version git-version-gen
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libosmo-simtrace2.pc
+
 @RELMAKE@
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version