diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4fd44e00..59b6416d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+skimage (0.8.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * add autopkgtests
+
+ -- Julian Taylor <jtaylor.debian@googlemail.com>  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:15:36 +0200
+
 skimage (0.8.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Stefan van der Walt ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2449bba4..5ad3d2db 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ XS-Python-Version: >= 2.6
 Homepage: http://scikits-image.org
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits-image
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/scikits-image/scikits-image.git
+XS-Testsuite: autopkgtest
 
 Package: python-skimage
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61e2baaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Tests: python2
+Depends: python-all, python-nose, python-skimage
diff --git a/debian/tests/python2 b/debian/tests/python2
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c0963884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tests/python2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -efu
+
+pys="$(pyversions -r 2>/dev/null)"
+
+cd "$ADTTMP"
+
+for py in $pys; do
+    echo "=== $py ==="
+    $py /usr/bin/nosetests -v skimage 2>&1
+done