diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
index a4103e870..46b94f7a7 100644
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ autoreconf.after
 autoreconf.before
 debhelper-build-stamp
 files
-libtalerexchange.debhelper.log
+*.log
 libtalerexchange.substvars
 libtalerexchange/
-taler-exchange-dev.debhelper.log
 taler-exchange-dev.substvars
 taler-exchange-dev/
-taler-exchange.debhelper.log
 taler-exchange.substvars
 taler-exchange/
+taler-exchange-database/
 tmp/
 libtalerexchange-dev.substvars
 libtalerexchange-dev/
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1ae7da476..f7b0c38fe 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -45,12 +45,24 @@ Depends:
  ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: libraries to talk to a GNU Taler exchange.
 
+Package: taler-exchange-database
+Architecture: any
+Pre-Depends:
+ ${misc:Pre-Depends}
+Depends:
+ lsb-base,
+ netbase,
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: programs and libraries to manage a GNU Taler exchange database.
+
 Package: taler-exchange
 Architecture: any
 Pre-Depends:
  ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends:
  libtalerexchange (= ${binary:Version}),
+ taler-exchange-database (= ${binary:Version}),
  adduser,
  lsb-base,
  netbase,
@@ -65,6 +77,7 @@ Pre-Depends:
  ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends:
  libtalerexchange (= ${binary:Version}),
+ taler-exchange-database (= ${binary:Version}),
  adduser,
  lsb-base,
  netbase,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 171cc8936..5f9243119 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ override_dh_install:
 	cd debian/taler-auditor; find . -type f,l -exec rm -f ../libtalerauditor/{} \;
 	cd debian/taler-auditor; find . -type f,l -exec rm -f ../libtalerexchange/{} \;
 	cd debian/taler-auditor; find . -type f,l -exec rm -f ../taler-exchange/{} \;
+	cd debian/taler-exchange-database; find . -type f,l -exec rm -f ../taler-exchange/{} \;
 	cd debian/libtalerexchange; find . -type f,l -exec rm -f ../taler-exchange/{} \;
diff --git a/debian/taler-exchange-database.install b/debian/taler-exchange-database.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dba4510c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/taler-exchange-database.install
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+usr/bin/taler-exchange-dbinit
+usr/lib/*/taler/libtaler_plugin_exchange*.so
+usr/share/man/man1/taler-exchange-dbinit
+usr/share/taler/sql/exchange/*
+usr/share/taler/config.d/exchangedb.conf
+usr/share/taler/config.d/exchangedb-postgres.conf
diff --git a/debian/taler-exchange.install b/debian/taler-exchange.install
index 1478de463..7d484cbfe 100644
--- a/debian/taler-exchange.install
+++ b/debian/taler-exchange.install
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 usr/bin/
-usr/lib/*/taler/libtaler_plugin_exchange*.so
 usr/share/man/man1/taler-exchange*
 usr/share/man/man1/taler-bank*
 usr/share/man/man1/taler-config*
 usr/share/man/man1/taler-wire*
 usr/share/info/taler-bank*
 usr/share/info/taler-exchange*
-usr/share/taler/sql/exchange/*
 usr/share/taler/config.d/*
 debian/etc/* etc/
 debian/exchange-conf/* etc/taler-exchange/