diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
index 1e08cfb1a9..48117fafc3 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/deb/buildpackage.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ cp -R $rootdir/usr root
 rm root/usr/share/openra/FreeSans.ttf
 rm root/usr/share/openra/FreeSansBold.ttf
 
-# Create the control and changelog files from templates
+# Put the copyright and changelog in /usr/share/doc/openra/
+mkdir -p root/usr/share/doc/openra/
+cp copyright root/usr/share/doc/openra/copyright
+sed "s/{VERSION}/$VERSION/" changelog > root/usr/share/doc/openra/changelog
+cat ./root/usr/share/openra/CHANGELOG >> root/usr/share/doc/openra/changelog
+
+# Create the control file
 sed "s/{VERSION}/$VERSION/" DEBIAN/control | sed "s/{SIZE}/$PACKAGE_SIZE/" > root/DEBIAN/control
-sed "s/{VERSION}/$VERSION/" DEBIAN/changelog > root/DEBIAN/changelog
-cat ./root/usr/share/openra/CHANGELOG >> root/DEBIAN/changelog
+
 # Build it in the temp directory, but place the finished deb in our starting directory
 pushd root
 
diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/changelog b/packaging/linux/deb/changelog
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/changelog
rename to packaging/linux/deb/changelog
diff --git a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/copyright b/packaging/linux/deb/copyright
similarity index 96%
rename from packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/copyright
rename to packaging/linux/deb/copyright
index bba4205a60..a2e30e619e 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/deb/DEBIAN/copyright
+++ b/packaging/linux/deb/copyright
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Copyright 2007-2011 The OpenRA Developers (see /usr/share/openra/AUTHORS)
 
 OpenRA is free software. It is made available to you under the terms of
-the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
 version 3 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3