diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 96af42221..6b92ca3ee 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ weechat (0.2.7-1) experimental; urgency=low
     - Add weechat-doc (Documentation)
     - Add weechat-core (locales files, essential plugins)
     - Add weechat-dbg (gdb debugging symbols)
+    - Add weechat-dev (plugins developement files)
   * Adjust Build-Depends for new tcl plugin (update debian/copyright).
   * Remove quilt from Build-Depends (patches merged upstream).
   * Switch packaging from cdbs to plain debhelper.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 55051bb14..7705abe7f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ Description: Fast, light and extensible IRC client - documentation
  .
  This package contains the html documentation for WeeChat.
 
+Package: weechat-dev
+Section: devel
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Fast, light and extensible IRC client - developement headers
+ WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light IRC client
+ for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.
+ .
+ This package contains the headers needed to build plugins.
+
 Package: weechat-dbg
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
diff --git a/debian/weechat-dev.dirs b/debian/weechat-dev.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4a262a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/weechat-dev.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/include/weechat
diff --git a/debian/weechat-dev.install b/debian/weechat-dev.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e40efed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/weechat-dev.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/include/weechat/*
+usr/lib/pkgconfig/*