diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a42fc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 foreign
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = ijs_pxljr
+
+ijs_pxljr_SOURCES = i_job_footer.c \
+ i_job_header.c \
+ i_page_footer.c \
+ i_page_header.c \
+ i_status.c \
+ i_stripe.c \
+ i_write.c \
+ i_main.c \
+ i_init.c \
+ i_exit.c \
+ i_compress.c \
+ pxl_jpeg.c \
+ jdatadbf.c \
+ jccolor.c \
+ mode12gray.c \
+ mode12color.c \
+ pxl_mediasize.c
+
+ijs_pxljr_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/include/ijs
+ijs_pxljr_LDADD  = -lijs -ljpeg
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a8e5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+AC_INIT([pxljr], [1.3], [pxljr@packages.debian.org], [pxljr], [http://hp-pxl-jetready.sourceforge.net/])
+AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(i_main.c)
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/debian/.git-dpm b/debian/.git-dpm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2174a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.git-dpm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# see git-dpm(1) from git-dpm package
+84f3a309b10e9b1be57f804ab161083f42ae8f72
+84f3a309b10e9b1be57f804ab161083f42ae8f72
+7774ec0d85ec98eb8a43d2d4ca730b92c1e68b48
+7774ec0d85ec98eb8a43d2d4ca730b92c1e68b48
+pxljr_1.4+repack0.orig.tar.xz
+37f7184471bae0dd631f7c0bad41b082f2d9cb3d
+37472
diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-Given-the-Debian-specific-repack-that-throws-the-lib.patch b/debian/patches/0001-Given-the-Debian-specific-repack-that-throws-the-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b316813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0001-Given-the-Debian-specific-repack-that-throws-the-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 84f3a309b10e9b1be57f804ab161083f42ae8f72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
+Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:55:16 +0100
+Subject: Given the Debian-specific repack that throws the libijs and
+
+ libjpeg embedded copies out, this patch creates a simple buildsystem to
+ compile ijs_pxljr against the system versions of both.
+Last-Update: 2011-08-30
+---
+ Makefile.am  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ configure.ac |  8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 Makefile.am
+ create mode 100644 configure.ac
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..a42fc79
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
++AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 foreign
++
++bin_PROGRAMS = ijs_pxljr
++
++ijs_pxljr_SOURCES = i_job_footer.c \
++ i_job_header.c \
++ i_page_footer.c \
++ i_page_header.c \
++ i_status.c \
++ i_stripe.c \
++ i_write.c \
++ i_main.c \
++ i_init.c \
++ i_exit.c \
++ i_compress.c \
++ pxl_jpeg.c \
++ jdatadbf.c \
++ jccolor.c \
++ mode12gray.c \
++ mode12color.c \
++ pxl_mediasize.c
++
++ijs_pxljr_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/include/ijs
++ijs_pxljr_LDADD  = -lijs -ljpeg
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..5a8e5cd
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
++AC_INIT([pxljr], [1.3], [pxljr@packages.debian.org], [pxljr], [http://hp-pxl-jetready.sourceforge.net/])
++AC_PREREQ([2.59])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
++AC_PROG_CC
++
++AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
++AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(i_main.c)
++AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/debian/patches/add_simple_buildsystem.patch b/debian/patches/add_simple_buildsystem.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 82bd31c..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/add_simple_buildsystem.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-Description: Given the Debian-specific repack that throws the libijs and
- libjpeg embedded copies out, this patch creates a simple buildsystem to
- compile ijs_pxljr against the system versions of both.
-Author: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
-Last-Update: 2011-08-30
-
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
-+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 foreign
-+
-+bin_PROGRAMS = ijs_pxljr
-+
-+ijs_pxljr_SOURCES = i_job_footer.c \
-+ i_job_header.c \
-+ i_page_footer.c \
-+ i_page_header.c \
-+ i_status.c \
-+ i_stripe.c \
-+ i_write.c \
-+ i_main.c \
-+ i_init.c \
-+ i_exit.c \
-+ i_compress.c \
-+ pxl_jpeg.c \
-+ jdatadbf.c \
-+ jccolor.c \
-+ mode12gray.c \
-+ mode12color.c \
-+ pxl_mediasize.c
-+
-+ijs_pxljr_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/include/ijs
-+ijs_pxljr_LDADD  = -lijs -ljpeg
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+AC_INIT([pxljr], [1.3], [pxljr@packages.debian.org], [pxljr], [http://hp-pxl-jetready.sourceforge.net/])
-+AC_PREREQ([2.59])
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
-+AC_PROG_CC
-+
-+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
-+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(i_main.c)
-+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index b3e2e8b..6275de7 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1 @@
-add_simple_buildsystem.patch
+0001-Given-the-Debian-specific-repack-that-throws-the-lib.patch