diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4422cdd8c7c..ed2bae8bba6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
                 -->
                 <artifactId>jdeb</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.vafer</groupId>
-                <version>0.9</version>
+                <version>1.0.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <deb>${project.build.directory}/releases/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.deb</deb>
                 </configuration>
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@
                                 <data>
                                     <src>${project.basedir}/</src>
                                     <includes>*.txt, *.textile</includes>
+                                    <excludes>LICENSE.txt, .DS_Store</excludes>
                                     <type>directory</type>
                                     <mapper>
                                         <type>perm</type>
@@ -606,6 +607,22 @@
                                         <group>root</group>
                                     </mapper>
                                 </data>
+                                <data>
+                                    <src>${project.basedir}/src/deb/lintian</src>
+                                    <type>directory</type>
+                                    <excludes>.DS_Store</excludes>
+                                    <mapper>
+                                        <type>perm</type>
+                                        <prefix>/usr/share/lintian/overrides</prefix>
+                                        <user>root</user>
+                                        <group>root</group>
+                                    </mapper>
+                                </data>
+                                <data>
+                                    <src>${project.basedir}/src/deb/copyright</src>
+                                    <dst>/usr/share/doc/elasticsearch/copyright</dst>
+                                    <type>file</type>
+                                </data>
                             </dataSet>
 
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/src/deb/copyright b/src/deb/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac4d7b07d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/deb/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Copyright 2013 Elasticsearch <info@elasticsearch.org>
+
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
+ can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".
diff --git a/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch b/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
index aff3f21c169..7c292114bbc 100644
--- a/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
+++ b/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          elasticsearch
-# Required-Start:    $network $named
-# Required-Stop:     $network $named
+# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs $named
+# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs $named
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
 # Short-Description: Starts elasticsearch
diff --git a/src/deb/lintian/elasticsearch b/src/deb/lintian/elasticsearch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e66c778a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/deb/lintian/elasticsearch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ignore arch dependent warnings, we chose the right libs on start
+elasticsearch binary: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
+# Not stripping external libraries
+elasticsearch binary: unstripped-binary-or-object
+# Ignore arch dependent warnings, we chose the right libs on start
+elasticsearch binary: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share
+# Please check our changelog at http://www.elasticsearch.org/downloads/
+elasticsearch binary: changelog-file-missing-in-native-package