diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6ffc2ec3e4b5b79c8e8dcd2b07256601e8972414..42197c4d4ed819603d6c30e81fe7fe709d7b1367 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -342,6 +342,24 @@ Description: MariaDB database client (metapackage depending on the latest versio
  maintainers.  Install this package if in doubt about which MariaDB version
  you want, as this is the one considered to be in the best shape.
 
+Package: mariadb-backup
+Architecture: any
+Breaks: mariadb-backup-10.1,
+        mariadb-backup-10.2,
+        mariadb-client-10.1 (<< ${source:Version})
+Replaces: mariadb-backup-10.1,
+          mariadb-backup-10.2,
+          mariadb-client-10.1 (<< ${source:Version})
+Depends: mariadb-client-core-10.1 (= ${binary:Version}),
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Backup tool for MariaDB server
+ This backup tool is guaranteed to be compatible with MariaDB.
+ Based on Xtrabackup, but improved to work with MariaDB.
+ .
+ Please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base on more information on
+ how to use this tool.
+
 Package: mariadb-plugin-connect
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libxml2,
diff --git a/debian/mariadb-backup.install b/debian/mariadb-backup.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..734117c92e2b22c73bb0d75cefe59b87f7012d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mariadb-backup.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/bin/mariabackup
+usr/bin/mbstream
diff --git a/debian/mariadb-client-10.1.install b/debian/mariadb-client-10.1.install
index e88c0d4336a5615aa08f2f56d2e84b2450fe3ca1..c984f707a89dd4483df78ed52fb4bcd669681e7d 100644
--- a/debian/mariadb-client-10.1.install
+++ b/debian/mariadb-client-10.1.install
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ debian/additions/mariadb.conf.d/50-client.cnf etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d
 debian/additions/mariadb.conf.d/50-mysql-clients.cnf etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d
 debian/additions/mysqlreport usr/bin/
 debian/additions/mysqlreport.1 usr/share/man/man1/
-usr/bin/mariabackup
-usr/bin/mbstream
 usr/bin/mysql_find_rows
 usr/bin/mysql_fix_extensions
 usr/bin/mysql_waitpid