diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cf6d618f..2f0a17e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ notmuch (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * New versioning to track upstream version scheme.
   * Split packaging into notmuch, libnotmuch1, and libnotmuch-dev.
   * Update to advertise conformance with policy 3.8.4 (no changes).
+  * Add a debian/watch file to notice upstream tar files.
 
- -- Carl Worth <cworth@debian.org>  Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:08:28 -0700
+ -- Carl Worth <cworth@debian.org>  Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:27:49 -0700
 
 notmuch (0.0+201001211401) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06a1d973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version=3
+
+# Notmuch releases appear here
+http://www.notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-(.*)\.tar\.gz