diff --git a/debian/git-version-gen.control b/debian/git-version-gen.control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59073ac4c5c3c37bd7e547f99946fc83186fb0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/git-version-gen.control
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upstream: yes