diff --git a/deb/deb.go b/deb/deb.go
index 2008e45..ad8f22d 100644
--- a/deb/deb.go
+++ b/deb/deb.go
@@ -485,7 +485,10 @@ func createChangelogInsideDataTar(tarw *tar.Writer, md5w io.Writer,
 	created map[string]bool, info *nfpm.Info,
 ) (int64, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	out := gzip.NewWriter(&buf)
+	out, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(&buf, gzip.BestCompression)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not create gzip writer: %w", err)
+	}
 	// the writers are properly closed later, this is just in case that we have
 	// an error in another part of the code.
 	defer out.Close() // nolint: errcheck
@@ -500,13 +503,14 @@ func createChangelogInsideDataTar(tarw *tar.Writer, md5w io.Writer,
 	}
 
 	if err = out.Close(); err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("closing changelog.gz: %w", err)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("closing changelog.Debian.gz: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	changelogData := buf.Bytes()
 
 	// https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.de.html#recording-changes-in-the-package
-	changelogName := normalizePath(fmt.Sprintf("/usr/share/doc/%s/changelog.gz", info.Name))
+	// https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-changelog-file-missing-or-wrong-name
+	changelogName := normalizePath(fmt.Sprintf("/usr/share/doc/%s/changelog.Debian.gz", info.Name))
 	if err = createTree(tarw, changelogName, created); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -570,15 +574,6 @@ func createControl(instSize int64, md5sums []byte, info *nfpm.Info) (controlTarG
 		"conffiles": conffiles(info),
 	}
 
-	if info.Changelog != "" {
-		changeLogData, err := formatChangelog(info)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		filesToCreate["changelog"] = []byte(changeLogData)
-	}
-
 	triggers := createTriggers(info)
 	if len(triggers) > 0 {
 		filesToCreate["triggers"] = triggers
diff --git a/deb/deb_test.go b/deb/deb_test.go
index da01b88..4850280 100644
--- a/deb/deb_test.go
+++ b/deb/deb_test.go
@@ -544,43 +544,6 @@ func TestDEBConventionalFileName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestDebChangelogControl(t *testing.T) {
-	info := &nfpm.Info{
-		Name:        "changelog-test",
-		Arch:        "amd64",
-		Description: "This package has changelogs.",
-		Version:     "1.0.0",
-		Changelog:   "../testdata/changelog.yaml",
-	}
-	err := info.Validate()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	controlTarGz, err := createControl(0, []byte{}, info)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	controlChangelog := extractFileFromTar(t, inflate(t, "gz", controlTarGz), "changelog")
-
-	goldenChangelog := readAndFormatAsDebChangelog(t, info.Changelog, info.Name)
-
-	require.Equal(t, goldenChangelog, string(controlChangelog))
-}
-
-func TestDebNoChangelogControlWithoutChangelogConfigured(t *testing.T) {
-	info := &nfpm.Info{
-		Name:        "no-changelog-test",
-		Arch:        "amd64",
-		Description: "This package has explicitly no changelog.",
-		Version:     "1.0.0",
-	}
-	err := info.Validate()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	controlTarGz, err := createControl(0, []byte{}, info)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.False(t, tarContains(t, inflate(t, "gz", controlTarGz), "changelog"))
-}
-
 func TestDebChangelogData(t *testing.T) {
 	info := &nfpm.Info{
 		Name:        "changelog-test",
@@ -595,7 +558,7 @@ func TestDebChangelogData(t *testing.T) {
 	dataTarball, _, _, dataTarballName, err := createDataTarball(info)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	changelogName := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/share/doc/%s/changelog.gz", info.Name)
+	changelogName := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/share/doc/%s/changelog.Debian.gz", info.Name)
 	dataChangelogGz := extractFileFromTar(t,
 		inflate(t, dataTarballName, dataTarball), changelogName)
 
diff --git a/testdata/acceptance/deb.dockerfile b/testdata/acceptance/deb.dockerfile
index 90190a3..3bfa657 100644
--- a/testdata/acceptance/deb.dockerfile
+++ b/testdata/acceptance/deb.dockerfile
@@ -130,12 +130,18 @@ FROM test_base AS withchangelog
 # image filters out changelogs by default
 # so we have to remove that rule
 RUN apt update -y
-RUN apt install -y gzip
+RUN apt install -y gzip lintian
 RUN dpkg -i /tmp/foo.deb
-RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.gz" | grep "Carlos A Becker <pkg@carlosbecker.com>"
-RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.gz" | grep "note 1"
-RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.gz" | grep "note 2"
-RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.gz" | grep "note 3"
+RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.Debian.gz" | grep "Carlos A Becker <pkg@carlosbecker.com>"
+RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.Debian.gz" | grep "note 1"
+RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.Debian.gz" | grep "note 2"
+RUN zcat "/usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.Debian.gz" | grep "note 3"
+RUN lintian /tmp/foo.deb > lintian.out
+RUN test $(grep -c 'debian-changelog-file-missing-or-wrong-name' lintian.out) = 0
+RUN test $(grep -c 'changelog-not-compressed-with-max-compression' lintian.out) = 0
+RUN test $(grep -c 'unknown-control-file' lintian.out) = 0
+# TODO: RUN test $(grep -c 'package-contains-timestamped-gzip' lintian.out) = 0
+# TODO: RUN test $(grep -c 'syntax-error-in-debian-changelog' lintian.out) = 0
 
 # ---- rules test ----
 FROM min AS rules