diff --git a/debian/debhelper-build-stamp b/debian/debhelper-build-stamp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47af7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/debhelper-build-stamp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libeventcore0
+libeventcore-dev
diff --git a/debian/patches/downgrade-meson-version b/debian/patches/downgrade-meson-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1337a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/downgrade-meson-version
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Description: Downgrade Meson version
+ .
+ libeventcore (0.9.13-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+ .
+   * Initial release.
+Author: Chris Josten <chris@netosj.nl>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: 2021-03-02
+
+--- libeventcore-0.9.13.orig/meson.build
++++ libeventcore-0.9.13/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ project('eventcore', 'd',
+-	meson_version: '>=0.53',
++	meson_version: '>=0.49',
+ 	version: '0.9.13',
+ )
+ 
+@@ -99,16 +99,6 @@ else
+ 	error('No combination of driver and compatible host machine OS specified')
+ endif
+ 
+-summary(
+-	{
+-		'Chosen driver': driver_opt,
+-		'Default driver': default_driver,
+-		'Using GAIA': gaia_dep.found()
+-	}, 
+-	bool_yn: true
+-)
+-	
+-
+ source_root = meson.source_root()
+ build_root = meson.build_root()
+ subdir('source/eventcore')
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23bb81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+downgrade-meson-version