diff --git a/debian/clzip.postinst b/debian/clzip.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe240a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/clzip.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "${1}" in
+	configure)
+		update-alternatives --quiet \
+			--install /usr/bin/lzip lzip /usr/bin/lzip.c 30 \
+			--slave /usr/share/info/lzip.info.gz lzip.info.gz /usr/share/info/lzip.c.info.gz \
+			--slave /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.1.gz lzip.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.c.1.gz
+		;;
+
+	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`${1}'" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/clzip.prerm b/debian/clzip.prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d17f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/clzip.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "${1}" in
+	remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+		update-alternatives --quiet --remove lzip /usr/bin/lzip.c
+		;;
+
+	failed-upgrade)
+
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`${1}'" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8c90b3f..00ce2ef 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html
 Package: clzip
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Breaks: lzip (<< 1.15~)
 Description: C, lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
  Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe
  integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5e4ebf2..3c5ba8b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/clzip/usr/share/info/dir*
 
+	# alernative handling
+	mv debian/clzip/usr/bin/clzip debian/clzip/usr/bin/lzip.c
+	mv debian/clzip/usr/share/info/clzip.info debian/clzip/usr/share/info/lzip.c.info
+	mv debian/clzip/usr/share/man/man1/clzip.1 debian/clzip/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.c.1
+
+	ln -s /usr/bin/lzip.c debian/clzip/usr/bin/clzip
+	ln -s /usr/share/info/lzip.c.info.gz debian/clzip/usr/share/info/clzip.info.gz
+	ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/lzip.c.1.gz debian/clzip/usr/share/man/man1/clzip.1.gz
+
 override_dh_builddeb:
 	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz