diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index e51665872b..bd33307cad 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -144,10 +144,49 @@ deb_build_task:
         pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --break-system-packages
     main_script: |
         dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc -rfakeroot -m --build-by="noreply@canonical.com"
-    prep_artifacts_script: mv ../*.deb ./sos_cirrus.deb
+    prep_artifacts_script: |
+        mv ../*.deb ./sos_cirrus.deb
+        mv ../*.buildinfo ./sos_cirrus.buildinfo
+        mv ../*.changes ./sos_cirrus.changes
+        tar cf sos_cirrus_deb.tgz ./sos_cirrus.buildinfo ./sos_cirrus.changes
     packages_artifacts:
         path: ./sos_cirrus.deb
         type: application/octet-stream
+    pkgsrc_artifects:
+        path: ./sos_cirrus_deb.tgz
+
+# Run lintian on the deb package sources
+deb_lintian_task:
+    alias: "deb_lintian"
+    name: "deb lintian from Checkout build"
+    depends_on:
+        - deb_build
+    gce_instance:
+        image_project: "${UBUNTU_PROJECT}"
+        image_name: "${UBUNTU_DEB_IMAGE_NAME}"
+        type: e2-micro
+    setup_script: |
+        apt update --allow-releaseinfo-change
+        apt -y install lintian
+        $ARTCURL/deb%20Build%20From%20Checkout/pkgsrc/sos_cirrus_deb.tgz
+        tar xf sos_cirrus_deb.tgz
+    main_script:
+        lintian -v -i -I -E --pedantic --profile debian sos_cirrus.changes
+
+# Check license of all files based on debian/copyright file
+deb_license_check_task:
+    alias: "deb_license_check"
+    name: "deb license check from Checkout"
+    allow_failures: true
+    gce_instance:
+        image_project: "${UBUNTU_PROJECT}"
+        image_name: "${UBUNTU_DEB_IMAGE_NAME}"
+        type: e2-micro
+    setup_script: |
+        apt update --allow-releaseinfo-change
+        apt -y install licenserecon
+    main_script:
+        lrc
 
 # Make sure a user can manually build a snap from the checkout
 snap_build_task:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4655ecc2c3..568c811891 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Source: sosreport
 Maintainer: David Negreira <david.negreira@canonical.com>
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
-Standards-Version: 4.5.1
+Standards-Version: 4.7.0
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
  dh-python,
@@ -19,11 +20,11 @@ Build-Depends:
 Homepage: https://github.com/sosreport/sos
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/sosreport-team/sosreport
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/sosreport-team/sosreport.git
-X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
 
 Package: sosreport
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-pexpect, python3-magic, python3-packaging, python3-boto3
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-pexpect, python3-magic, python3-packaging
+Recommends: python3-boto3
 Description: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system
  Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system
  hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 921c89370d..a67c20358b 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ Upstream-Name: sosreport
 Upstream-Contact: Jake Hunsaker <jacob.r.hunsaker@gmail.com>
 Source: https://github.com/sosreport/sos
 
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2007-2024 Upstream
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright:
+    2013 Adam Stokes <adam.stokes@ubuntu.com>
+    2023-2024 Canonical Ltd.
+License: GPL-2+
+
 License: GPL-2+
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by