diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index db379af8..baa593fa 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Homepage: http://schoebel.github.io/mars/
 
 Package: mars-dkms
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
 Description: mars kernel module.
  MARS Light is a block-level storage replication solution implemented
  in the form of a Linux kernel module.
@@ -18,3 +18,14 @@ Description: mars kernel module.
  It's almost a drop-in replacement for DRBD but it works
  asynchronously and over arbitrary distances using a technology
  similar to transaction logging of database systems.
+
+Package: mars-tools
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
+Description: mars userspace tools.
+ MARS Light is a block-level storage replication solution implemented
+ in the form of a Linux kernel module.
+ .
+ It's almost a drop-in replacement for DRBD but it works
+ asynchronously and over arbitrary distances using a technology
+ similar to transaction logging of database systems.
diff --git a/debian/mars-tools.cron.d b/debian/mars-tools.cron.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31c0f5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mars-tools.cron.d
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Regular cron jobs for MARS
+#
+
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+# MARS transaction logfile rotation + deletion every x minutes
+
+*/10 * * * *	root	if [ -L /mars/uuid ] ; then marsadm cron ; fi > /dev/null 2>&1
+*/5,15,25,35,45,55 * * * *	root	if [ -L /mars/uuid ] ; then marsadm log-delete-all all ; fi > /dev/null 2>&1
+
diff --git a/debian/mars-tools.install b/debian/mars-tools.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fd820d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mars-tools.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+userspace/marsadm usr/bin
diff --git a/debian/mars-tools.manpages b/debian/mars-tools.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab2e42b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mars-tools.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+userspace/marsadm.8