diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 427aadc5..cac92bce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0.7.2:
+ - add a debian watch file
 0.7.1:
  - sysvinit: fix missing dependency in cloud-init job for RHEL 5.6 
  - config-drive: map hostname to local-hostname (LP: #1061964)
diff --git a/packages/debian/watch b/packages/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f7a600b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version=3
+https://launchpad.net/cloud-init/+download .*/\+download/cloud-init-(.+)\.tar.gz