diff --git a/debian/libgit2-0.symbols b/debian/libgit2-0.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dfc98781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libgit2-0.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+libgit2.so.0 libgit2-0 #MINVER#
+ (regex|optional)"^git__.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (regex)"^git_.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (regex|optional)"^p_.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (regex|optional)"^http_.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (regex|optional)"^gitno_.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (regex|optional)"^packfile_.*@Base$" 0.16.0
+ (optional)sha1_entry_pos@Base 0.16.0
+ (optional)get_delta_base@Base 0.16.0
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e5fc57e21..2533a1cf0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- -DBUILD_CLAR:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=ON
 
 override_dh_makeshlibs:
-	dh_makeshlibs -V
+	dh_makeshlibs -V 'libgit2-0 (>= 0.16.0)'