diff --git a/packaging/debian/.gitignore b/packaging/debian/.gitignore
index ee88064..06a18b9 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/packaging/debian/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*.debhelper.log
 /*.substvars
+/cool-retro-term.1
 /cool-retro-term/
 /files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/cool-retro-term.manpages b/packaging/debian/cool-retro-term.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bbbf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/cool-retro-term.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/cool-retro-term.1
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index 7c70059..95268c0 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -9,3 +9,16 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel
 
+ver := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field 'Version')
+
+debian/cool-retro-term.1: cool-retro-term
+	help2man --no-info \
+		 --no-discard-stderr \
+		 --version-string="$(ver)" \
+		 --name="Terminal for X with a highly-configurable highly-retro look." \
+		 --section=1 \
+	    ./$< \
+	    > $@
+
+override_dh_auto_install: debian/cool-retro-term.1
+	dh_auto_install