diff --git a/distpackages/build_deb_packages.sh b/distpackages/build_deb_packages.sh
index 117fb7a8a52..c51b7ecbc6a 100755
--- a/distpackages/build_deb_packages.sh
+++ b/distpackages/build_deb_packages.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ do
 
   # Adjust mode for some files in the package
   find $tmp_dir/$pkg_name -type d | xargs chmod 755
+  find $tmp_dir/$pkg_name -type f | xargs chmod 644
+  chmod 755 $tmp_dir/$pkg_name/DEBIAN/{postinst,postrm}
 
   # Build the debian package
   fakeroot dpkg-deb --build $tmp_dir/$pkg_name || { echo "dpkg-deb failed"; exit 1; }
diff --git a/distpackages/deb/libgrpc-dev.deb b/distpackages/deb/libgrpc-dev.deb
index 4cadcebb2ae..854633d955f 100644
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diff --git a/distpackages/deb/libgrpc.deb b/distpackages/deb/libgrpc.deb
index f80c48408a9..c9c6840fb7e 100644
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diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/DEBIAN/control b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/DEBIAN/control
index 3e6363c523c..d6a96a87fb4 100644
--- a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/DEBIAN/control
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ Section: libdevel
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: https://github.com/grpc/grpc
 Description: gRPC C Core - header files
-  Core C libraries for gRPC - An RPC library and framework.
+ Core C libraries for gRPC - An RPC library and framework.
diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/usr/share/doc/libgrpc-dev/changelog.gz b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc-dev/usr/share/doc/libgrpc-dev/changelog.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eabdf46e6e2
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diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
index 295f45fea15..71616936571 100644
--- a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ Maintainer: Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com>
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: https://github.com/grpc/grpc
-Description: The gRPC C Core
-  Core C libraries for gRPC - An RPC library and framework.
+Description: gRPC C Core
+ Core C libraries for gRPC - An RPC library and framework.
diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postinst b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..379f1fae0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_makeshlibs
+if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
+	ldconfig
+fi
+# End automatically added section
diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postrm b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postrm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e73d38a7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_makeshlibs
+if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
+	ldconfig
+fi
+# End automatically added section
diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/shlibs b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/shlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31d0e0a3b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/shlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libgpr 0
+libgrpc 0
+libgrpc_unsecure 0
diff --git a/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/usr/share/doc/libgrpc/changelog.gz b/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/usr/share/doc/libgrpc/changelog.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c07b4d26371
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