diff --git a/build/debian/get-orig-source.sh b/build/debian/get-orig-source.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e3d201d672f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/debian/get-orig-source.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# run with
+# debian/get-orig-source.sh [x.y.z]
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+echo "tmpdir = $tmpdir"
+
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+    uscan_opts="--download-version=$1"
+fi
+uscan --noconf --force-download --no-symlink --verbose --destdir=$tmpdir $uscan_opts
+
+cd $tmpdir
+
+tgzfile=$(echo *.tar.gz)
+version=$(echo "$tgzfile" | perl -pi -e 's/^dolibarr_//; s/\.zip$//; s/_/./g; s/\+nmu1//; s/$/+dfsg/;')
+
+# Extract the zip file
+tar -xvf $tgzfile
+srcdir=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | sed -e 's/\.\///')
+
+if [ ! -d "$srcdir" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to identify the extracted directory in $tmpdir (got $srcdir)" >&2
+    rm -rf $tmpdir
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Repack as tar.xz
+tar Jcf dolibarr_${version}.orig.tar.xz $srcdir
+
+cd - >/dev/null
+
+if [ -e ../dolibarr_${version}.orig.tar.xz ]; then
+    echo "Not overwriting ../dolibarr_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+else
+    echo "Created ../dolibarr_${version}.orig.tar.xz"
+    mv $tmpdir/dolibarr_${version}.orig.tar.xz ../
+fi
+
+#rm -rf $tmpdir
diff --git a/build/debian/wash b/build/debian/wash
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d3ec07d7a5..00000000000
--- a/build/debian/wash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# watch control file for uscan
-#version=3
-#http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/dolibarr/files/Dolibarr%20installer%20for%20Debian-Ubuntu%20%28DoliDeb%29/ debian uupdate
diff --git a/build/debian/watch b/build/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f84815a48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# watch control file for uscan
+version=3
+#http://sf.net/dolibarr/dolibarr-(.+)\.tgz
+http://www.dolibarr.org/files/stable/package_debian-ubuntu/dolibarr_(.+)\.tar\.gz