diff --git a/ci/before_deploy.bash b/ci/before_deploy.bash
index 74ed6040..ea5c1725 100755
--- a/ci/before_deploy.bash
+++ b/ci/before_deploy.bash
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ pack() {
     cp "target/$TARGET/release/$PROJECT_NAME" "$tempdir/$package_name/"
     "${gcc_prefix}"strip "$tempdir/$package_name/$PROJECT_NAME"
 
-    # readme and license
+    # manpage, readme and license
+    cp "doc/$PROJECT_NAME.1" "$tempdir/$package_name"
     cp README.md "$tempdir/$package_name"
     cp LICENSE-MIT "$tempdir/$package_name"
     cp LICENSE-APACHE "$tempdir/$package_name"
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ make_deb() {
     install -Dm755 "target/$TARGET/release/$PROJECT_NAME" "$tempdir/usr/bin/$PROJECT_NAME"
     strip "$tempdir/usr/bin/$PROJECT_NAME"
 
+    # manpage
+    install -Dm644 "doc/$PROJECT_NAME.1" "$tempdir/usr/share/man/man1/$PROJECT_NAME.1"
+    gzip --best "$tempdir/usr/share/man/man1/$PROJECT_NAME.1"
+
     # readme and license
     install -Dm644 README.md "$tempdir/usr/share/doc/$PROJECT_NAME/README.md"
     install -Dm644 LICENSE-MIT "$tempdir/usr/share/doc/$PROJECT_NAME/LICENSE-MIT"
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ Architecture: $architecture
 Provides: $PROJECT_NAME
 Conflicts: $conflictname
 Description: A cat(1) clone with wings.
+ A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
 EOF
 
     fakeroot dpkg-deb --build "$tempdir" "${dpkgname}_${version}_${architecture}.deb"