diff --git a/debian/.git-dpm b/debian/.git-dpm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d75199e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.git-dpm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# see git-dpm(1) from git-dpm package
+3cabf547143c6d1618ec0bf6b74cbf7b6d79106e
+3cabf547143c6d1618ec0bf6b74cbf7b6d79106e
+3cabf547143c6d1618ec0bf6b74cbf7b6d79106e
+3cabf547143c6d1618ec0bf6b74cbf7b6d79106e
+lxc_1.0.3.orig.tar.gz
+b0a0d03e43d2bf2f4bd733fd9a790689be93c39c
+796952
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..163aaf8d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)