diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index 175bcb9e..00c1610e 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 debian/config.exs.tpl etc/mobilizon
 _build/prod/rel/mobilizon usr/share
+debian/mobilizon_ctl bin
diff --git a/debian/mobilizon_ctl b/debian/mobilizon_ctl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..420e3ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mobilizon_ctl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+cd /usr/share/mobilizon
+sudo -u mobilizon ./bin/mobilizon_ctl $@