diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bc9ec52..3ed0a52 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 10),
+ help2man,
  lzip,
  texinfo,
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2351ecd..80e5fe9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install -- DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/zutils
 
+	# manpage
+	mkdir -p debian/zutils/usr/share/man/man1
+	help2man --name 'search compressed and uncompressed files' debian/zutils/bin/zegrep > debian/zutils/usr/share/man/man1/zegrep.1
+	help2man --name 'search compressed and uncompressed files' debian/zutils/bin/zfgrep > debian/zutils/usr/share/man/man1/zfgrep.1
+
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/zutils/usr/share/info/dir*