diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 08aa82f891c0cd4cf5a03c7b4f94a98d62b19ac5..38c05a7cc61b4ec47d21864ae59bcba7517f0ded 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -163,6 +163,22 @@ Description: Open vSwitch public key infrastructure dependency package
  Open vSwitch switches and controllers, reducing the risk of
  man-in-the-middle attacks on the Open vSwitch network infrastructure.
 
+Package: openvswitch-source
+Architecture: all
+Depends:
+ ${misc:Depends},
+Description: Open vSwitch source code
+ Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based,
+ Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network
+ automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting
+ standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX,
+ sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed
+ to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to
+ VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus 1000V.
+ .
+ This package contains the full Open vSwitch source code to support
+ use with the Open Virtual Network (OVN) build.
+
 Package: openvswitch-switch
 Architecture: linux-any
 Depends:
diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-source.dirs b/debian/openvswitch-source.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..564a2ddb8389888e510eeb7c5c7ab998c447bc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-source.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/src/openvswitch
diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-source.install b/debian/openvswitch-source.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9488a1e77e45a30c16dff170298734e5be1e8b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-source.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_debian/openvswitch.tar.gz /usr/src/openvswitch