diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fa4603..759fcb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ if (BUILD_PACKAGING)
   set (CPACK_PACKAGE_RELOCATABLE         TRUE)
   set (CPACK_MONOLITHIC_INSTALL          TRUE)
 
-  # RPM specification
+  # RPM package information -- used in cmake/package.cmake.in also for DEB
   set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_GROUP   "Development/Libraries")
   set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "BSD")
   set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL     "http://code.google.com/p/gflags")
diff --git a/cmake/package.cmake.in b/cmake/package.cmake.in
index d4419a1..c3ebdc9 100644
--- a/cmake/package.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/package.cmake.in
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ elseif (CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "DEB")
     set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE i386)
   endif ()
   set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS)
-  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION  devel)
-  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY optional)
+  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION    "devel")
+  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY   "optional")
+  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE   "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL}")
+  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR}")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # RPM package