diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2d9aeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version=3
+https://launchpad.net/byobu/+download http://launchpad.net/byobu/.*/byobu_(.+).orig.tar.gz