diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 535ce2d60e..78203579a0 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: wxwindows=V
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper, flex, bison, libgtk1.2-dev, python-dev (>=1.5), zlib1g-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libpng2-dev, libtiff3g-dev, mesag-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper, flex, bison, libgtk1.2-dev, python-dev (>=1.5.2), zlib1g-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libpng2-dev, libtiff3g-dev, mesag-dev
 Maintainer: Ron Lee <ron@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.1.1
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Description: wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (GTK+ development)
 Package: libwxgtk=V-python
 Architecture: any
 Section: interpreters
-Depends: libwxgtk=V (= ${Source-Version}), python-base (>=1.5), ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: libwxgtk=V (= ${Source-Version}), python-base (>=1.5.2), ${shlibs:Depends}
 Suggests: wxwin=V-doc
 Description: wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (Python binding)
  wxWindows is a class library for C++ providing GUI (Graphical User
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ Description: wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (header files)
  This package provides the common header files required to build applications
  using the wxWindows toolkit.
 
+Package: wxwin=V-i18n
+Architecture: all
+Section: libs
+Conflicts: wxwin-i18n
+Replaces: wxwin-i18n
+Provides: wxwin-i18n
+Description: wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (i18n support)
+ wxWindows is a class library for C++ providing GUI (Graphical User
+ Interface) and other facilities on more than one platform.  Version =V
+ currently supports subsets of GTK+, Motif, and MS Windows.
+ .
+ This package provides the i18n message catalogs for wxWindows.
+
 Package: wxwin=V-doc
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index df58c43300..38ed021b45 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package_gtk_py=libwxgtk$(release)-python
 package_gtk_contrib=libwxgtk$(release)-contrib
 package_gtk_contrib_dev=libwxgtk$(release)-contrib-dev
 package_headers=wxwin$(release)-headers
+package_i18n=wxwin$(release)-i18n
 package_doc=wxwin$(release)-doc
 package_examples=wxwin$(release)-examples
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ objdir_gtk_debug=objs_gtk_d
 objdir_doc_cruft=objs_doc_con
 objdir_doc=docs/wxWindows-manual.html
 objdir_examples=docs/examples
+objdir_i18n=locale
 objdirs=$(objdir_wxbase_shared) $(objdir_wxbase_static) $(objdir_wxbase_debug) \
 	$(objdir_gtk_shared) $(objdir_gtk_static) $(objdir_gtk_debug) \
 	$(objdir_doc) $(objdir_examples)
@@ -44,12 +46,13 @@ build_stamps=build-wxbase-shared-stamp build-wxbase-static-stamp \
              build-wxbase-debug-stamp build-gtk-shared-stamp \
              build-gtk-static-stamp build-gtk-debug-stamp \
              build-contrib-shared-stamp build-contrib-static-stamp \
-             build-gtk-python-stamp build-examples-stamp build-doc-stamp
+             build-gtk-python-stamp build-examples-stamp build-doc-stamp \
+             build-i18n-stamp
 
 install_all=install-wxbase-lib install-wxbase-dev install-wxbase-dbg \
             install-gtk-lib install-gtk-dev install-gtk-dbg \
             install-gtk-contrib install-gtk-contrib-dev install-gtk-py \
-            install-headers install-doc install-examples
+            install-headers install-i18n install-doc install-examples
 
 wxconfig:=$(shell pwd)/$(objdir_gtk_shared)/wx-config \
 		--prefix=$(shell pwd) \
@@ -106,6 +109,10 @@ control-files-stamp: debian/control debian/wxwin-doc.doc-base
 		echo "generating control file $(package_headers).$$f"; \
 		cp debian/wxwin-headers.$$f debian/$(package_headers).$$f; \
 	done;
+	@for f in dirs docs files; do \
+		echo "generating control file $(package_i18n).$$f"; \
+		cp debian/wxwin-i18n.$$f debian/$(package_i18n).$$f; \
+	done;
 	@for f in dirs docs doc-base; do \
 		echo "generating control file $(package_doc).$$f"; \
 		cp debian/wxwin-doc.$$f debian/$(package_doc).$$f; \
@@ -250,6 +257,12 @@ build-examples-stamp:
 	done;
 	touch $@
 
+build-i18n-stamp: build-gtk-shared-stamp
+	dh_testdir
+	cd $(objdir_i18n) \
+		&& $(MAKE) allmo
+	touch $@
+
 clean: debian/control
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
@@ -266,6 +279,7 @@ clean: debian/control
 	rm -f debian/$(package_gtk_contrib).*
 	rm -f debian/$(package_gtk_contrib_dev).*
 	rm -f debian/$(package_headers).*
+	rm -f debian/$(package_i18n).*
 	rm -f debian/$(package_doc).*
 	rm -f debian/$(package_examples).*
 
@@ -375,6 +389,14 @@ install-headers: install-gtk-lib
 		zlib.3     \
 		png.5
 
+install-i18n: DH_OPTIONS=-p$(package_i18n)
+install-i18n: build-i18n-stamp install-gtk-lib
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k
+	dh_installdirs
+	dh_movefiles --sourcedir=debian/$(package_gtk_lib)
+
 install-doc: DH_OPTIONS=-p$(package_doc)
 install-doc: build-doc-stamp
 	dh_testdir
@@ -461,5 +483,5 @@ binary-doc: control-files-stamp install-doc
 	binary-wxbase-dbg binary-doc install install-wxbase-lib \
 	install-wxbase-dev install-wxbase-dbg install-gtk-lib install-gtk-dev \
 	install-gtk-dbg install-gtk-contrib install-gtk-contrib-dev \
-	install-gtk-py install-headers install-doc install-examples
+	install-gtk-py install-headers install-i18n install-doc install-examples
 
diff --git a/debian/wxwin-i18n.dirs b/debian/wxwin-i18n.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d10fb40c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/wxwin-i18n.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/usr/share/locale
+
diff --git a/debian/wxwin-i18n.docs b/debian/wxwin-i18n.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c4d01649e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/wxwin-i18n.docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+docs/licence.txt
+
diff --git a/debian/wxwin-i18n.files b/debian/wxwin-i18n.files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39825b2213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/wxwin-i18n.files
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/usr/share/locale/
+