diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3268c4389..efb2e351d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -500,4 +500,4 @@ install(TARGETS notcurses
 )
 install(
   CODE
-    "execute_process(COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${SETUP_PY} install --prefix=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} WORKING_DIRECTORY ../python)")
+    "execute_process(COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${SETUP_PY} install --install-layout=deb --prefix=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} WORKING_DIRECTORY ../python)")
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0b3247e6c..fa010117f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -63,9 +63,19 @@ Description: Binaries from libnotcurses
  notcurses-view, notcurses-planereel, and notcurses-input.
 
 Package: python3-notcurses
-Architecture: all
+Architecture: any
 Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Python wrappers for notcurses (Python 3)
  Python wrappers for the notcurses TUI library.
  .
  This package installs the library for Python 3.
+
+Package: python3-notcurses-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Section: debug
+Recommends: python3-dbg
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-notcurses (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Python wrappers for notcurses (Python 3 debug)
+ Python wrappers for the notcurses TUI library.
+ .
+ This package installs the debug-enabled library for Python 3.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 34b7e2206..621d4ac8f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 export PYBUILD_NAME=notcurses
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=cmake
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=cmake
 
 # dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=cmake -O--no-parallel
 # Don't try to run ncurses tests
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	cd obj-x86_64-linux-gnu && env -u TERM make test
 endif
 
-# support building a Python debugging package
-override_dh_strip:
-	dh_strip -ppython3-foo --dbg-package=python3-foo-dbg
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_install -B $(BUILDDIR)
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
index 0a155926d..2004ff7d6 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
+++ b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ notcurses-demo - Show off some notcurses features
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 
-**notcurses-demo** [**-h|--help**] [**-p path**] [**-d delaymult**] [**-l loglevel**] [**-kHVc**] demospec
+**notcurses-demo** [**-h|--help**] [**-p path**] [**-d delaymult**]
+ [**-l loglevel**] [**-kHVc**] demospec
 
 # DESCRIPTION