diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b525150..9057dc6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Package: plzip
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Breaks: lzip (<< 1.15~)
+Provides: lzip-alternative
 Description: parallel, 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.