diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b754b6af..24fbf6d2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -132,3 +132,4 @@ src/testing/test_bank_api_with_nexus
 src/util/taler_error_codes.c
 .deps/
 src/bank-lib/taler-wire-gateway-client
+build-aux/
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd18a430b..f744631d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([taler-exchange], [0.8.1], [taler-bug@gnunet.org])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/util/util.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([taler_config.h])
 # support for non-recursive builds
diff --git a/debian/libtalerexchange.install b/debian/libtalerexchange.install
index bfd61d628..42191d4d7 100644
--- a/debian/libtalerexchange.install
+++ b/debian/libtalerexchange.install
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+bin/taler-config
 usr/lib/*/*.so.*
 usr/share/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 75c683a8c..9161cd781 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install-indep:
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_auto_clean
+
+# Remove files already present in libtalerexchange from main taler-exchange package
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install
+	cd debian/libtalerexchange; find . -type f -exec rm -f ../taler-exchange/{} \;