diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 96ef5be..20b6db8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+lzd (0.2-2) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * Adding lzip alternatives handling.
+
+ -- Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>  Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:53:08 +0200
+
 lzd (0.2-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * Merging upstream version 0.2.
diff --git a/debian/lzd.postinst b/debian/lzd.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309e810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/lzd.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "${1}" in
+	configure)
+		update-alternatives --quiet \
+			--install /usr/bin/lzip lzip /usr/bin/lzip.educational-decompressor 1
+		;;
+
+	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`${1}'" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/lzd.prerm b/debian/lzd.prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5582754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/lzd.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "${1}" in
+	remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+		update-alternatives --quiet --remove lzip /usr/bin/lzip.educational-decompressor
+		;;
+
+	failed-upgrade)
+
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`${1}'" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0