diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 99032de..29ed551 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ pcsc-lite (1.8.23-2) unstable; urgency=medium
   * d/control: Update Homepage
   * d/control: remove Build-Depends: dh-autoreconf. Fix lintian:
     W: pcsc-lite source: useless-autoreconf-build-depends dh-autoreconf
+  * d/control: change priority of libpcsclite1-dbg from extra to optional
+    W: libpcsclite1-dbg: priority-extra-is-replaced-by-priority-optional
 
  -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:30:24 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 92b54fb..5f7493f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Description: Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (development files)
 Package: libpcsclite1-dbg
 Section: debug
 Architecture: any
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Conflicts: libpcsclite-dbg
 Replaces: libpcsclite-dbg
 Depends: libpcsclite1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}