diff --git a/fm-rest-api/debian/control b/fm-rest-api/debian/control
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+++ b/fm-rest-api/debian/control
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+Source: fm-rest-api
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Marcela Rosales <marcela.a.rosales.jimenez@intel.com>
+Build-Depends: python-setuptools,
+               python-all,
+               debhelper,
+               dh-python,
+               fm-common-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+
+Package: fm-rest-api
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+         ${python:Depends}
+Description: This package contains the fm-rest-api project.
diff --git a/fm-rest-api/debian/rules b/fm-rest-api/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_INSTALL_ARGS=--install-data=/usr/share --prefix=/usr
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
+