diff --git a/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package b/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ff8cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+install:
+	echo "installing files"
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin $(DESTDIR)/usr/share
+	cp -r ../release/usr/local/bin $(DESTDIR)/usr
+	cp -r ../release/usr/local/share $(DESTDIR)/usr
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0b50292..dc985d2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ export DH_OPTIONS=-v
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
 #export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
+MAKEFILE_TO_FAKEBUILD_TAR_PACKAGE := debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
+
 build:
-	cp debian/Makefile .
+	cp $(MAKEFILE_TO_FAKEBUILD_TAR_PACKAGE) Makefile
 
 clean:
 	rm -f Makefile