diff --git a/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1027583e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cat << EOT
+echo "Produced by $0."
+echo "$0 is currently just a dummy script" >&2
+EOT
+