diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1204/control b/distros/ubuntu1204/control
index 06bc6801e..39503027e 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu1204/control
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1204/control
@@ -2,13 +2,31 @@ Source: zoneminder
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Isaac Connor <iconnor@connortechnology.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autoconf, automake, dpatch, libphp-serialization-perl, libgnutls-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libdbd-mysql-perl, libdate-manip-perl, libwww-perl, libjpeg8-dev, libpcre3-dev, libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev (>= 3:0.svn20090204), libswscale-dev (>= 3:0.svn20090204), libavutil-dev, libv4l-dev (>= 0.8.3), libbz2-dev, libtool, libsys-mmap-perl, ffmpeg, libnetpbm10-dev, libavdevice-dev, libdevice-serialport-perl, libpcre3, libarchive-zip-perl, libmime-lite-perl, libjpeg8, dh-autoreconf
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50), autoconf, automake, dpatch, libphp-serialization-perl, libgnutls-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libdbd-mysql-perl, libdate-manip-perl, libwww-perl, libjpeg8-dev, libpcre3-dev, libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev (>= 3:0.svn20090204), libswscale-dev (>= 3:0.svn20090204), libavutil-dev, libv4l-dev (>= 0.8.3), libbz2-dev, libtool, libsys-mmap-perl, ffmpeg, libnetpbm10-dev, libavdevice-dev, libdevice-serialport-perl, libpcre3, libarchive-zip-perl, libmime-lite-perl, libjpeg8, dh-autoreconf
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 
 Package: zoneminder
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, apache2, libapache2-mod-php5, php5, php5-mysql, libphp-serialization-perl, libdate-manip-perl, libmime-lite-perl, libmime-lite-perl, mysql-client, libwww-perl, libarchive-tar-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libdevice-serialport-perl, libpcre3, ffmpeg, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, libmodule-load-perl, libsys-mmap-perl, libjson-any-perl, netpbm, libavdevice53, libjpeg8, zip, libnet-sftp-foreign-perl
-Description: Linux video camera security and surveillance solution
+Description: A video camera security and surveillance solution
+ ZoneMinder is intended for use in single or multi-camera video security 
+ applications, including commercial or home CCTV, theft prevention and child
+ or family member or home monitoring and other care scenarios. It
+ supports capture, analysis, recording, and monitoring of video data coming
+ from one or more video or network cameras attached to a Linux system.
+ ZoneMinder also support web and semi-automatic control of Pan/Tilt/Zoom
+ cameras using a variety of protocols. It is suitable for use as a home
+ video security system and for commercial or professional video security
+ and surveillance. It can also be integrated into a home automation system
+ via X.10 or other protocols.
+
+Package: zoneminder-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Depends: 
+	zoneminder (= ${binary:Version}),
+    ${misc:Depends}
+Description: debugging syumbols for zoneminder.
+ ZoneMinder is a video camera security and surveillance solution.
  ZoneMinder is intended for use in single or multi-camera video security 
  applications, including commercial or home CCTV, theft prevention and child
  or family member or home monitoring and other care scenarios. It
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
index 601dcf62a..3dea63174 100755
--- a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	# do not run tests...
+
+.PHONY: override_dh_strip
+override_dh_strip:
+        dh_strip --dbg-package=zoneminder-dbg