diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f0d0dc9ba0c67146be6e4357cd64fc3b83aa4ebe..29c1081e7da3b5a7efb5456c26ee4d5c95d0f736 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ python-py-zipkin (0.15.0-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Bump debhelper from old 9 to 12.
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Database, Bug-Submit, Repository,
     Repository-Browse.
+  * Make "Files: *" paragraph the first in the copyright file.
 
  -- Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>  Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:44:34 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index bbbb4aaf8f39b4cd8c4e5b9be2e8638bd9a53397..c8b29ea0e02e89c70d08ad9cc586c2cb9ef15e9d 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Upstream-Name: py_zipkin
 Upstream-Contact: Yelp, Inc. <opensource+py-zipkin@yelp.com>
 Source: https://github.com/Yelp/py_zipkin
 
-Files: py_zipkin/thrift/zipkinCore.thrift
-Copyright: 2012 Twitter Inc.
-License: Apache-2.0
-
 Files: *
 Copyright: Yelp, Inc. <opensource+py-zipkin@yelp.com>
 License: Apache-2.0
 
+Files: py_zipkin/thrift/zipkinCore.thrift
+Copyright: 2012 Twitter Inc.
+License: Apache-2.0
+
 Files: debian/*
 Copyright: 2015 © Olivier Sallou <osallou@tifenn.irisa.fr>
 License: Apache-2.0