diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 57e530e..6415f3d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Description: OpenZFS test infrastructure an support scripts
 
 Package: zfs-dbg
 Section: contrib/debug
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Architecture: linux-any
 Depends: libnvpair1linux (= ${binary:Version}),
          libuutil1linux (= ${binary:Version}),