diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 988d3354..9b939826 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 IMAGE:=dbscripts/test
-RUN_OPTIONS:=--rm --network=none -v $(PWD):/dbscripts:ro --tmpfs=/tmp:exec -w /dbscripts/test
+RUN_OPTIONS:=--rm --network=none -v $(PWD):/dbscripts:ro -v dbscripts:/build --tmpfs=/tmp:exec -w /dbscripts/test
+CASES ?= cases
+CRUN := docker
 
 test-image:
-	docker build --pull -t $(IMAGE) test
+	$(CRUN) build --pull -t $(IMAGE) test
 
 test: test-image
-	docker run $(RUN_OPTIONS) $(IMAGE) make test
+	$(CRUN) run $(RUN_OPTIONS) $(IMAGE) make CASES=$(CASES) test
 
 test-coverage: test-image
 	rm -rf ${PWD}/coverage
 	mkdir -m 777 ${PWD}/coverage
-	docker run  $(RUN_OPTIONS) -v ${PWD}/coverage:/coverage -e COVERAGE_DIR=/coverage $(IMAGE) make test-coverage
+	$(CRUN) run  $(RUN_OPTIONS) -v ${PWD}/coverage:/coverage -e COVERAGE_DIR=/coverage $(IMAGE) make test-coverage
 
 .PHONY: test-image test test-coverage
diff --git a/db-functions b/db-functions
index 22455319..632153b6 100644
--- a/db-functions
+++ b/db-functions
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 
 
 #repo_lock <repo-name> <arch> [timeout]
-repo_lock () {
+repo_lock() {
+	local repo base=${1}; shift
+	for repo in ${base} ${base}-debug; do
+		_repo_lock ${repo} "${@}"
+	done
+}
+
+_repo_lock () {
 	local LOCKDIR="$TMPDIR/.repolock.$1.$2"
 	local DBLOCKFILE="${FTP_BASE}/${1}/os/${2}/${1}${DBEXT}.lck"
 	local _count
@@ -152,7 +159,14 @@ repo_lock () {
 	return 1
 }
 
-repo_unlock () { #repo_unlock <repo-name> <arch>
+repo_unlock(){
+	local repo base=${1}; shift
+	for repo in ${base} ${base}-debug; do
+			_repo_unlock ${repo} "${@}"
+	done
+}
+
+_repo_unlock () { #repo_unlock <repo-name> <arch>
 	local LOCKDIR="$TMPDIR/.repolock.$1.$2"
 	if [[ ! -d $LOCKDIR ]]; then
 		warning "Repo lock [%s] (%s) was not locked!" "$1" "$2"
@@ -234,6 +248,14 @@ getpkgarch() {
 	echo "$_ver"
 }
 
+is_debug_package() {
+	local pkgfile=${1}
+	local pkgbase="$(getpkgbase "${pkgfile}")"
+	local pkgname="$(getpkgname "${pkgfile}")"
+
+	[[ ${pkgbase}-debug = ${pkgname} ]]
+}
+
 check_packager() {
 	local _packager
 
@@ -310,7 +332,7 @@ check_pkgvcs() {
 	read -ra vcsnames <<<"${vcsnames}"
 
 	[[ "${vcsver}" = "${_pkgver}" ]] || return 1
-	in_array "${_pkgname}" "${vcsnames[@]}" || return 1
+	in_array "${_pkgname}" "${vcsnames[@]}" "${_pkgbase}-debug" || return 1
 
 	return 0
 }
@@ -334,6 +356,7 @@ check_splitpkgs() {
 
 		# not a split package
 		(( ${#vcsnames[@]} > 1 )) || continue
+		[[ ${_pkgbase}-debug = ${_pkgname} ]] && continue
 
 		mkdir -p "${repo}/${_pkgarch}/${_pkgbase}"
 		echo "${_pkgname}" >> "${repo}/${_pkgarch}/${_pkgbase}/staging"
@@ -410,7 +433,7 @@ check_repo_permission() {
 	(( ${#PKGREPOS[@]} == 0 )) && return 1
 	[[ -z "${PKGPOOL}" ]] && return 1
 
-	in_array "${repo}" "${PKGREPOS[@]}" || return 1
+	in_array "${repo}" "${PKGREPOS[@]}" "${DEBUGREPOS[@]}" || return 1
 
 	[[ -w $FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL} ]] || return 1
 
@@ -426,6 +449,7 @@ check_repo_permission() {
 }
 
 set_repo_permission() {
+	local -; set -x
 	local repo=$1
 	local arch=$2
 	local dbfile="${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}/${repo}${DBEXT}"
@@ -443,11 +467,13 @@ set_repo_permission() {
 }
 
 arch_repo_modify() {
+	echo "call: arch_repo_modify ${@@Q}"
 	local action=$1
 	local repo=$2
 	local arch=$3
 	local pkgs=("${@:4}")
 	local dbfile="${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}/${repo}${DBEXT}"
+	tree "${FTP_BASE}"
 
 	if [[ ${action} = remove && ! -f ${dbfile} ]]; then
 		error "No database found at '%s'" "$dbfile"
@@ -456,6 +482,7 @@ arch_repo_modify() {
 
 	# package files for repo-add might be relative to repo dir
 	pushd "${dbfile%/*}" >/dev/null
+	ls
 	/usr/bin/"repo-${action}" -q "${dbfile}" "${pkgs[@]}" \
 		|| error '%s' "repo-${action} ${dbfile@Q} ${pkgs[*]@Q}"
 	set_repo_permission "${repo}" "${arch}"
diff --git a/db-move b/db-move
index 6f20397c..4e577b53 100755
--- a/db-move
+++ b/db-move
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ args=("${@}")
 repo_from="${args[0]}"
 repo_to="${args[1]}"
 ftppath_from="${FTP_BASE}/${repo_from}/os/"
+ftppath_debug_from="${FTP_BASE}/${repo_from}-debug/os/"
 ftppath_to="${FTP_BASE}/${repo_to}/os/"
+ftppath_debug_to="${FTP_BASE}/${repo_to}-debug/os/"
 
 check_leapfrog=false
 if in_array "${repo_from}" "${STAGING_REPOS[@]}" && in_array "${repo_to}" "${STABLE_REPOS[@]}"; then
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ msg "Moving packages from [%s] to [%s]..." "$repo_from" "$repo_to"
 
 for arch in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
 	declare -a add_pkgs_$arch
+	declare -a add_debug_pkgs_$arch
 	declare -a remove_pkgs_$arch
+	declare -a remove_debug_pkgs_$arch
 done
 for pkgbase in "${args[@]:2}"; do
 	tag_list=""
@@ -88,7 +92,9 @@ for pkgbase in "${args[@]:2}"; do
 
 			for tarch in "${tarches[@]}"; do
 				declare -n add_pkgs="add_pkgs_${tarch}"
+				declare -n add_debug_pkgs="add_debug_pkgs_${tarch}"
 				declare -n remove_pkgs="remove_pkgs_${tarch}"
+				declare -n remove_debug_pkgs="remove_debug_pkgs_${tarch}"
 				for pkgname in "${pkgnames[@]}"; do
 					pkgpath=$(getpkgfile "${ftppath_from}/${tarch}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXTS})
 					pkgfile="${pkgpath##*/}"
@@ -99,6 +105,18 @@ for pkgbase in "${args[@]:2}"; do
 					fi
 					add_pkgs+=("${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}")
 					remove_pkgs+=("${pkgname}")
+
+					debug_pkgpath=$(getpkgfile "${ftppath_debug_from}/${tarch}/${pkgname}-debug-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXTS})
+					debug_pkgfile="${debug_pkgpath##*/}"
+					if [[ -f ${debug_pkgpath} ]]; then
+						msg2 "Found debug package %s" "${pkgname}-debug"
+						ln -s "../../../${PKGPOOL}-debug/${debug_pkgfile}" "${ftppath_debug_to}/${tarch}/"
+						if [[ -f ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${debug_pkgfile}.sig ]]; then
+							ln -s "../../../${PKGPOOL}-debug/${debug_pkgfile}.sig" "${ftppath_debug_to}/${tarch}/"
+						fi
+						add_debug_pkgs+=("${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${debug_pkgfile}")
+						remove_debug_pkgs+=("${pkgname}-debug")
+					fi
 				done
 			done
 		fi
@@ -109,11 +127,17 @@ done
 
 for tarch in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
 	declare -n add_pkgs="add_pkgs_${tarch}"
+	declare -n add_debug_pkgs="add_debug_pkgs_${tarch}"
 	declare -n remove_pkgs="remove_pkgs_${tarch}"
+	declare -n remove_debug_pkgs="remove_debug_pkgs_${tarch}"
 	if [[ -n ${add_pkgs[@]} ]]; then
 		arch_repo_modify add "${repo_to}" "${tarch}" "${add_pkgs[@]}"
 		arch_repo_modify remove "${repo_from}" "${tarch}" "${remove_pkgs[@]}"
 	fi
+	if [[ -n ${add_debug_pkgs[@]} ]]; then
+		arch_repo_modify add "${repo_to}-debug" "${tarch}" "${add_debug_pkgs[@]}"
+		arch_repo_modify remove "${repo_from}-debug" "${tarch}" "${remove_debug_pkgs[@]}"
+	fi
 done
 
 for pkgarch in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
diff --git a/db-remove b/db-remove
index a27a9f29..7daed118 100755
--- a/db-remove
+++ b/db-remove
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ repo="$1"
 arch="$2"
 pkgbases=("${@:3}")
 
-ftppath="$FTP_BASE/$repo/os"
 vcsrepo="$repo-$arch"
 
 if ! check_repo_permission "$repo"; then
@@ -45,6 +44,16 @@ for pkgbase in "${pkgbases[@]}"; do
 done
 
 for tarch in "${tarches[@]}"; do
-	arch_repo_modify remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" "${remove_pkgs[@]}"
+	if (( ${#remove_pkgs[@]} >= 1 )); then
+		arch_repo_modify remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" "${remove_pkgs[@]}"
+		for pkg in "${remove_pkgs[@]}"; do
+			if is_globfile "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}-debug/os/${tarch}/${pkg}-debug"*; then
+				msg "Found debug package. Removing %s from [%s]..." "$pkg" "$repo"
+				remove_debug_pkgs+=("${pkg}-debug")
+				arch_repo_modify remove "${repo}-debug" "${tarch}" "${pkg}-debug"
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
 	repo_unlock "$repo" "$tarch"
 done
diff --git a/db-update b/db-update
index b85295f3..069c564d 100755
--- a/db-update
+++ b/db-update
@@ -79,31 +79,50 @@ done
 
 for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
 	msg "Updating [%s]..." "$repo"
+	tree "${STAGING}/${repo}"
 	any_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*-any${PKGEXTS} 2>/dev/null))
 	for pkgarch in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
 		add_pkgs=()
+		debug_pkgs=()
 		arch_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*"-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXTS} 2>/dev/null))
 		for pkg in "${arch_pkgs[@]}" "${any_pkgs[@]}"; do
 			pkgfile="${pkg##*/}"
+
+			if is_debug_package "${pkg}"; then
+				debug_pkgs+=("${pkgfile}")
+				currentpool=${PKGPOOL}-debug
+				currentrepo=${repo}-debug
+			else
+				add_pkgs+=("${pkgfile}")
+				currentpool=${PKGPOOL}
+				currentrepo=${repo}
+			fi
+
 			msg2 '%s (%s)' "$pkgfile" "$pkgarch"
 			# any packages might have been moved by the previous run
 			if [[ -f ${pkg} ]]; then
-				mv "${pkg}" "$FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL}"
+				mv "${pkg}" "$FTP_BASE/${currentpool}"
 			fi
-			ln -s "../../../${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}" "$FTP_BASE/$repo/os/${pkgarch}"
+			ln -s "../../../${currentpool}/${pkgfile}" "$FTP_BASE/${currentrepo}/os/${pkgarch}"
 			# also move signatures
 			if [[ -f ${pkg}.sig ]]; then
-				mv "${pkg}.sig" "$FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL}"
+				mv "${pkg}.sig" "$FTP_BASE/${currentpool}"
 			fi
-			"$(dirname "$(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/db-archive" "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkg##*/}"
-			if [[ -f $FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig ]]; then
-				ln -s "../../../${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig" "$FTP_BASE/$repo/os/${pkgarch}"
+			if [[ ${PKGPOOL} = ${currentpool} ]]; then
+				# do not archive debug info, this is not of historic interest
+				"$(dirname "$(readlink -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/db-archive" "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkg##*/}"
+			fi
+			if [[ -f $FTP_BASE/${currentpool}/${pkgfile}.sig ]]; then
+				ln -s "../../../${currentpool}/${pkgfile}.sig" "$FTP_BASE/${currentrepo}/os/${pkgarch}"
 			fi
-			add_pkgs+=("${pkgfile}")
 		done
+		declare -p add_pkgs debug_pkgs
 		if (( ${#add_pkgs[@]} >= 1 )); then
 			arch_repo_modify add "${repo}" "${pkgarch}" ${add_pkgs[@]}
 		fi
+		if (( ${#debug_pkgs[@]} >= 1 )); then
+			arch_repo_modify add "${repo}-debug" "${pkgarch}" ${debug_pkgs[@]}
+		fi
 	done
 done
 
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile b/test/Dockerfile
index 83c84499..ae91cfbd 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-FROM archlinux/base
-RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed sudo fakeroot awk subversion make kcov bash-bats gettext grep
+FROM docker.io/archlinux/base
+RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed sudo fakeroot awk subversion make kcov bash-bats gettext grep tree binutils
 RUN pacman-key --init
 RUN echo '%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
-RUN useradd -N -g users -G wheel -d /build -m tester
+RUN useradd -N -g users -G wheel -d /tester -m tester
+RUN mkdir -p /build; chown -R tester: /build
+VOLUME ["/build"]
 USER tester
 RUN echo -e "\
 Key-Type: RSA\n\
@@ -16,5 +18,4 @@ Expire-Date: 0\n\
 | gpg --quiet --batch --no-tty --no-permission-warning --gen-key
 RUN gpg --export | sudo pacman-key -a -
 RUN sudo pacman-key --lsign-key tester@localhost
-ENV BUILDDIR=/build
 ENV PACKAGER="Bob Tester <tester@localhost>"
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index d9437bfd..d7ac08a6 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+CASES ?= cases
+
 test:
-	PATH=$(CURDIR)/../:$(CURDIR)/../cron-jobs/:$(PATH) bats cases
+	BUILDDIR=/build PATH=$(CURDIR)/../:$(CURDIR)/../cron-jobs/:$(PATH) bats $(CASES)
 
 test-coverage:
-	PATH=$(CURDIR)/../:$(CURDIR)/../cron-jobs/:$(PATH) kcov \
+	BUILDDIR=/build PATH=$(CURDIR)/../:$(CURDIR)/../cron-jobs/:$(PATH) kcov \
 		--include-path=$(CURDIR)/../ \
 		--exclude-path=$(CURDIR)/../test,$(CURDIR)/../cron-jobs/makepkg.conf,$(CURDIR)/../config \
 		$(COVERAGE_DIR) \
-		bats cases
+		bats $(CASES)
 
 .PHONY: test test-coverage
diff --git a/test/cases/db-move.bats b/test/cases/db-move.bats
index f4407168..243e956a 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-move.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-move.bats
@@ -7,15 +7,54 @@ load ../lib/common
 	local arch
 
 	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		echo "releasing to testing: $pkgbase"
 		releasePackage testing ${pkgbase}
 	done
 
+    echo "db-updating..."
 	db-update
 
+    echo "db-move testing -> extra pkg-simple-a"
 	db-move testing extra pkg-simple-a
 
+	echo checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-simple-a
 	checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-simple-a
+	echo checkPackage extra pkg-simple-a 1-1
 	checkPackage extra pkg-simple-a 1-1
+	echo checkPackage testing pkg-simple-b 1-1
+	checkPackage testing pkg-simple-b 1-1
+}
+
+@test "move debug package" {
+	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
+	local pkgs=('pkg-debuginfo' 'pkg-simple-b')
+	local pkgbase
+	local arch
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		echo "releasing to testing: $pkgbase"
+		releasePackage testing ${pkgbase}
+	done
+
+	echo "db-updating..."
+	db-update
+
+	echo "db-move testing -> extra pkg-debuginfo"
+	db-move testing extra pkg-debuginfo
+
+	echo checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-debuginfo
+	checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-debuginfo
+
+	echo checkRemovedPackage testing-debug pkg-debuginfo-debug
+	checkRemovedPackage testing-debug pkg-debuginfo
+
+	echo checkPackage extra pkg-debuginfo 1-1
+	checkPackage extra pkg-debuginfo 1-1
+
+	echo checkPackage extra-debug pkg-debuginfo 1-1
+	checkPackage extra-debug pkg-debuginfo 1-1
+
+	echo checkPackage testing pkg-simple-b 1-1
 	checkPackage testing pkg-simple-b 1-1
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cases/db-remove.bats b/test/cases/db-remove.bats
index 0597b4dc..5f2674a4 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-remove.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-remove.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ load ../lib/common
 	done
 }
 
+@test "remove debug package" {
+	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
+	local pkgs=('pkg-simple-a' 'pkg-simple-b' 'pkg-split-a' 'pkg-split-b' 'pkg-simple-epoch' 'pkg-debuginfo')
+	local debug_pkgs=('pkg-debuginfo')
+	local pkgbase
+	local arch
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		releasePackage extra ${pkgbase}
+	done
+
+	db-update
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		for arch in ${arches[@]}; do
+			db-remove extra ${arch} ${pkgbase}
+		done
+	done
+
+    checkRemovedPackage extra pkg-debuginfo
+	for pkgbase in ${debug_pkgs[@]}; do
+		checkRemovedPackage extra-debug ${pkgbase}
+	done
+}
+
 @test "remove multiple packages" {
 	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
 	local pkgs=('pkg-simple-a' 'pkg-simple-b' 'pkg-split-a' 'pkg-split-b' 'pkg-simple-epoch')
diff --git a/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats b/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
index e49c2fad..33834337 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __movePackageToRepo() {
 	local arch=$3
 	local tarch
 	local tarches
+	local is_debug=0
 
 	if [[ $arch == any ]]; then
 		tarches=(${ARCHES[@]})
@@ -14,10 +15,18 @@ __movePackageToRepo() {
 	fi
 
 	# FIXME: pkgbase might not be part of the package filename
+	if __isGlobfile "${STAGING}"/${repo}/${pkgbase}-debug-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}; then
+		mv -v "${STAGING}"/${repo}/${pkgbase}-debug-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}{,.sig} "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/"
+		is_debug=1
+	fi
 	mv -v "${STAGING}"/${repo}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}{,.sig} "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/"
 	for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
 		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT} "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
 		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}.sig "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
+		if ((is_debug)); then
+			ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT} "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}-debug/os/${tarch}/"
+			ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}.sig "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}-debug/os/${tarch}/"
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +49,25 @@ __movePackageToRepo() {
 	done
 }
 
+@test "add debug packages" {
+	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
+	local pkgs=('pkg-debuginfo')
+	local pkgbase
+	local arch
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		releasePackage extra ${pkgbase}
+		for arch in ${arches[@]}; do
+			__movePackageToRepo extra ${pkgbase} ${arch}
+			db-repo-add extra ${arch} ${pkgbase}-1-1-${arch}${PKGEXT}
+			db-repo-add extra-debug ${arch} ${pkgbase}-debug-1-1-${arch}${PKGEXT}
+		done
+	done
+
+	checkPackageDB extra ${pkgbase} 1-1
+	checkPackageDB extra-debug ${pkgbase} 1-1
+}
+
 @test "add multiple packages" {
 	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
 	local pkgs=('pkg-simple-a' 'pkg-simple-b')
diff --git a/test/cases/db-repo-remove.bats b/test/cases/db-repo-remove.bats
index 77bcc241..262c4f15 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-repo-remove.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-repo-remove.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ load ../lib/common
 	done
 }
 
+
+@test "remove debug packages" {
+	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
+	local pkgs=('pkg-debuginfo')
+	local pkgbase
+	local arch
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		releasePackage extra ${pkgbase}
+	done
+
+	db-update
+
+	for pkgbase in ${pkgs[@]}; do
+		for arch in ${arches[@]}; do
+			db-repo-remove extra ${arch} ${pkgbase}
+			db-repo-remove extra-debug ${arch} ${pkgbase}-debug
+		done
+	done
+
+	checkRemovedPackageDB extra ${pkgbase}
+	checkRemovedPackageDB extra-debug ${pkgbase}-debug
+}
+
 @test "remove multiple packages" {
 	local arches=('i686' 'x86_64')
 	local pkgs=('pkg-simple-a' 'pkg-simple-b' 'pkg-simple-epoch')
diff --git a/test/cases/db-update.bats b/test/cases/db-update.bats
index ddeb4060..2aec4ee5 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-update.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-update.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ load ../lib/common
 	checkPackage extra 'pkg-single-arch' 1-1
 }
 
+@test "add debug package" {
+	releasePackage extra 'pkg-debuginfo'
+	db-update
+	checkPackage extra 'pkg-debuginfo' 1-1
+	checkPackage extra-debug 'pkg-debuginfo' 1-1
+}
+
 @test "add single epoch package" {
 	releasePackage extra 'pkg-single-epoch'
 	db-update
diff --git a/test/cases/testing2x.bats b/test/cases/testing2x.bats
index 6127cf96..c0db45c3 100644
--- a/test/cases/testing2x.bats
+++ b/test/cases/testing2x.bats
@@ -14,3 +14,21 @@ load ../lib/common
 	checkPackage core pkg-any-a 1-2
 	checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-any-a
 }
+
+
+@test "move debug package" {
+	releasePackage core pkg-debuginfo
+	db-update
+
+	updatePackage pkg-debuginfo
+
+	releasePackage testing pkg-debuginfo
+	db-update
+
+	testing2x pkg-debuginfo
+
+	checkPackage core pkg-debuginfo 1-2
+	checkRemovedPackage testing pkg-debuginfo
+	checkPackage core-debug pkg-debuginfo 1-2
+	checkRemovedPackage testing-debug pkg-debuginfo
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pkg-debuginfo/PKGBUILD b/test/fixtures/pkg-debuginfo/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0da276a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/pkg-debuginfo/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+pkgname=pkg-debuginfo
+pkgver=1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A package named ${pkgname}"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+
+# guarantee that split debug packages are turned on
+options=('strip' 'debug')
+
+package() {
+	install -D /dev/null "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/hello
+	install -D /dev/null "${pkgdir}"/../${pkgname}-debug/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/hello.debug
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/common.bash b/test/lib/common.bash
index 02693809..fdf427b6 100644
--- a/test/lib/common.bash
+++ b/test/lib/common.bash
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ setup() {
 	ARCHIVEUSER=""
 	SVNREPO="file://${TMP}/svn-packages-repo"
 	PKGREPOS=('core' 'extra' 'testing' 'staging')
+	DEBUGREPOS=('core-debug' 'extra-debug' 'testing-debug' 'staging-debug')
 	PKGPOOL='pool/packages'
+	DEBUGPKGPOOL='pool/packages-debug'
 	SRCPOOL='sources/packages'
 	STAGING_REPOS=('staging')
 	TESTING_REPOS=('testing')
@@ -121,26 +123,38 @@ eot
 	mkdir -p "${TMP}/"{ftp,tmp,staging,{package,source}-cleanup,svn-packages-{copy,repo}}
 
 	for r in ${PKGREPOS[@]}; do
-		mkdir -p "${TMP}/staging/${r}"
+		mkdir -p "${TMP}"/staging/${r}{,-debug}
 		for a in ${ARCHES[@]}; do
-			mkdir -p "${TMP}/ftp/${r}/os/${a}"
+			mkdir -p "${TMP}"/ftp/${r}{,-debug}/os/${a}
 		done
 	done
 	mkdir -p "${TMP}/ftp/${PKGPOOL}"
 	mkdir -p "${TMP}/ftp/${SRCPOOL}"
+	mkdir -p "${TMP}/ftp/${PKGPOOL}-debug"
+	mkdir -p "${TMP}/ftp/${SRCPOOL}-debug"
 
 	# make dummy packages for "reproducibility"
-	pacman -Qq | pacman -Sddp - | while read -r line; do
-		line=${line##*/}
-		pkgname=${line%-*-*-*}
-		mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_BASE}/packages/${pkgname:0:1}/${pkgname}"
-		touch "${ARCHIVE_BASE}/packages/${pkgname:0:1}/${pkgname}/${line}"{,.sig}
-	done
+	pacman -Qi | awk -F': ' '\
+        /^Name .*/ {printf "%s", $2} \
+        /^Version .*/ {printf "-%s", $2} \
+        /^Architecture .*/ {print "-"$2} \
+        ' | while read -r line; do
+			line=$line.pkg.tar.xz
+			pkgname=${line%-*-*-*}
+			mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_BASE}/packages/${pkgname:0:1}/${pkgname}"
+			touch "${ARCHIVE_BASE}/packages/${pkgname:0:1}/${pkgname}/${line}"{,.sig}
+		done
 
 	svnadmin create "${TMP}/svn-packages-repo"
 	svn checkout -q "file://${TMP}/svn-packages-repo" "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy"
 }
 
+debug(){
+	local -; set -x
+	$@
+	set +x
+}
+
 teardown() {
 	rm -rf "${TMP}"
 }
@@ -193,7 +207,13 @@ checkPackageDB() {
 	local pkgname
 
 	local pkgarches=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo ${arch[@]}))
-	local pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo ${pkgname[@]}))
+	# TODO: We need a better way to figure out when we are dealing with
+	#       debug packages
+	if [[ "${repo}" = *-debug ]]; then
+		local pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo "${pkgname[@]}-debug"))
+	else
+		local pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD";  echo "${pkgname[@]}"))
+	fi
 
 	if [[ ${pkgarches[@]} == any ]]; then
 		repoarches=(${ARCHES[@]})
@@ -204,9 +224,8 @@ checkPackageDB() {
 	for pkgarch in ${pkgarches[@]}; do
 		for pkgname in ${pkgnames[@]}; do
 			pkgfile="${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT}"
-
-			[ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile} ]
-			[ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig ]
+			[ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile} ] || [ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgfile} ]
+			[ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig ] || [ -r ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgfile}.sig ]
 			[ ! -r ${STAGING}/${repo}/${pkgfile} ]
 			[ ! -r ${STAGING}/${repo}/${pkgfile}.sig ]
 
@@ -217,12 +236,14 @@ checkPackageDB() {
 						continue
 					fi
 				fi
-
+				debug echo "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile}"
 				[ -L ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile} ]
-				[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile})" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile} ]
+				[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile})" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile} ] || \
+					[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile})" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgfile} ]
 
 				[ -L ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile}.sig ]
-				[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile}.sig)" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig ]
+				[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile}.sig)" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}.sig ] || \
+					[ "$(readlink -e ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgfile}.sig)" == ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}-debug/${pkgfile}.sig ]
 
 				for db in ${DBEXT} ${FILESEXT}; do
 					[ -r "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${repo}${db%.tar.*}" ]
@@ -242,7 +263,7 @@ checkPackage() {
 
 	local dirarches=() pkgbuildarches=()
 	local pkgbuild dirarch pkgbuildver
-	for pkgbuild in "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy/${pkgbase}/repos/${repo}-"+([^-])"/PKGBUILD"; do
+	for pkgbuild in "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy/${pkgbase}/repos/${repo%-debug}-"+([^-])"/PKGBUILD"; do
 		[[ -e $pkgbuild ]] || continue
 		dirarch=${pkgbuild%/PKGBUILD}
 		dirarch=${dirarch##*-}
@@ -269,8 +290,7 @@ checkRemovedPackage() {
 	local pkgbase=$2
 
 	svn up -q "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy/${pkgbase}"
-
-	if __isGlobfile "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy/${pkgbase}/repos/${repo}-"+([^-])"/PKGBUILD"; then
+	if __isGlobfile "${TMP}/svn-packages-copy/${pkgbase}/repos/${repo%-debug}-"+([^-])"/PKGBUILD"; then
 		return 1
 	fi
 
@@ -289,7 +309,14 @@ checkRemovedPackageDB() {
 	local pkgname
 
 	pkgarches=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo ${arch[@]}))
-	pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo ${pkgname[@]}))
+
+	# TODO: We need a better way to figure out when we are dealing with
+	#       debug packages
+	if [[ "${repo}" = *-debug ]]; then
+		pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD"; echo "${pkgname[@]}-debug"))
+	else
+		pkgnames=($(. "fixtures/$pkgbase/PKGBUILD";  echo "${pkgname[@]}"))
+	fi
 
 	if [[ ${pkgarches[@]} == any ]]; then
 		tarches=(${ARCHES[@]})