diff -u gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/rules gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/rules
--- gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/rules
+++ gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/rules
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 #	dh_installinfo
 	dh_installman
 	dh_link
-	dh_strip
+	dh_strip --dbg-package=libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a
 	dh_compress -Xdoxygen_tags -Xexamples
 	dh_fixperms
 #	dh_perl
diff -u gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/changelog gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/changelog
--- gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/changelog
+++ gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gtkmm2.4 (1:2.8.8-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Added debug package.
+
+ -- Michael Ekstrand <mekstran@scl.ameslab.gov>  Fri,  7 Jul 2006 09:02:06 -0500
+
 gtkmm2.4 (1:2.8.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release (Closes: #352143, #352144, #361757, #366360)
diff -u gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/control gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/control
--- gtkmm2.4-2.8.8.orig/debian/control
+++ gtkmm2.4-2.8.8/debian/control
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@
  .
  This package contains development files and examples.
 
+Package: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a-dbg
+Section: libdevel
+Priority: extra
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a (= ${Source-Version})
+Description: C++ wrappers for GTK 2.4 (debug symbols)
+ Gtkmm is a C++ interface for the popular GUI library gtk+.
+ Gtkmm provides a convenient interface for C++ programmers to create
+ graphical user interfaces with Gtk's flexible OO framework. Highlights
+ include type safe callbacks, widgets extensible using inheritance and
+ over 180 classes that can be freely combined to quickly create complex
+ user interfaces.
+ .
+ This package contains shared libraries.
+
 Package: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any