diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6c59ec01..07bbb9ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ members = [
     "proxmox-time-api",
     "proxmox-uuid",
     "proxmox-worker-task",
+    "pbs-api-types",
 ]
 exclude = [
     "build",
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
index 17c946fe..e95909fd 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "pbs-api-types"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
+license.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
-description = "general API type helpers for PBS"
+description = "API types for Proxmox Backup Server"
+exclude.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/debian/changelog b/pbs-api-types/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b14c6ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pbs-api-types/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+rust-pbs-api-types (0.2.0) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * imported from proxmox-backup repository
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:40:51 +0100
+
+
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/debian/copyright b/pbs-api-types/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b227c290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pbs-api-types/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files:
+ *
+Copyright: 2019 - 2024 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH <support@proxmox.com>
+License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+ with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/debian/debcargo.toml b/pbs-api-types/debian/debcargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7864cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pbs-api-types/debian/debcargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+overlay = "."
+crate_src_path = ".."
+maintainer = "Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"
+
+[source]
+vcs_git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox.git"
+vcs_browser = "https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox.git"
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/debian/source/format b/pbs-api-types/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89ae9db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pbs-api-types/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)