diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7a719b7c60..fdb458e6a8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ else
   CONF_LUA=--enable-scripting
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(filter pkg.frr.pim6d,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)),)
+  CONF_PIM6=--disable-pim6d
+else
+  CONF_PIM6=--enable-pim6d
+endif
+
 export PYTHON=python3
 
 %:
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		\
 		$(CONF_RPKI) \
 		$(CONF_LUA) \
+		$(CONF_PIM6) \
 		--with-libpam \
 		--enable-doc \
 		--enable-doc-html \
diff --git a/doc/developer/packaging-debian.rst b/doc/developer/packaging-debian.rst
index a81e052490..9aeb78c4fd 100644
--- a/doc/developer/packaging-debian.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/packaging-debian.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ buster.)
      +================+===================+=========================================+
      | pkg.frr.rtrlib | pkg.frr.nortrlib  | builds frr-rpki-rtrlib package (or not) |
      +----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+     | pkg.frr.lua    | pkg.frr.nolua     | builds lua scripting extension          |
+     +----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+     | pkg.frr.pim6d  | pkg.frr.nopim6d   | builds pim6d (work in progress)         |
+     +----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
 
    * the ``-uc -us`` options to disable signing the packages with your GPG key