diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3d9f2407417795889250717d7b519eadd8373e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
+