diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d069d5a..6f7c408 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ KREL=1
 KERNEL_MAJMIN=$(KERNEL_MAJ).$(KERNEL_MIN)
 KERNEL_VER=$(KERNEL_MAJMIN).$(KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL)
 
+DEB_VERSION=$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)
 EXTRAVERSION=-$(KREL)-pve
 KVNAME=$(KERNEL_VER)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 PACKAGE=proxmox-kernel-$(KVNAME)
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ MODULE_DIRS=$(ZFSDIR)
 DIRS=KERNEL_SRC ZFSDIR MODULES
 
 DSC=proxmox-kernel-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL).dsc
-DST_DEB=$(PACKAGE)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
-SIGNED_TEMPLATE_DEB=$(PACKAGE)-signed-template_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
-META_DEB=proxmox-kernel-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_all.deb
-HDR_DEB=$(HDRPACKAGE)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
-META_HDR_DEB=proxmox-headers-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_all.deb
-USR_HDR_DEB=proxmox-kernel-libc-dev_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
-LINUX_TOOLS_DEB=linux-tools-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
-LINUX_TOOLS_DBG_DEB=linux-tools-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)-dbgsym_$(KERNEL_VER)-$(KREL)_$(ARCH).deb
+DST_DEB=$(PACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
+SIGNED_TEMPLATE_DEB=$(PACKAGE)-signed-template_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
+META_DEB=proxmox-kernel-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(DEB_VERSION)_all.deb
+HDR_DEB=$(HDRPACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
+META_HDR_DEB=proxmox-headers-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(DEB_VERSION)_all.deb
+USR_HDR_DEB=proxmox-kernel-libc-dev_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
+LINUX_TOOLS_DEB=linux-tools-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
+LINUX_TOOLS_DBG_DEB=linux-tools-$(KERNEL_MAJMIN)-dbgsym_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(ARCH).deb
 
 DEBS=$(DST_DEB) $(META_DEB) $(HDR_DEB) $(META_HDR_DEB) $(LINUX_TOOLS_DEB) $(LINUX_TOOLS_DBG_DEB) $(SIGNED_TEMPLATE_DEB) # $(USR_HDR_DEB)
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 256cc26..9dd855a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ variable in the Makefile, rebuilding the packages and running 'make abiupdate'
 (the 'abiupdate' target in 'Makefile' contains the steps for consistently
 updating the repository).
 
+The source package-name is proxmox-kernel-MAJ.MIN, the version of the package
+defaults to MAJ.MIN.PATCH-KREL - but this can be adapted to contain a suffix
+for test-packages (e.g. ~test01). The version in the Makefile needs to be equal
+to the one in debian/changelog.
+
 Watchdog blacklist
 ------------------