diff -Nru katdal-0.7.1/debian/changelog katdal-0.7.1/debian/changelog
--- katdal-0.7.1/debian/changelog	2017-01-31 10:28:36.000000000 +0000
+++ katdal-0.7.1/debian/changelog	2017-02-06 13:47:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+katdal (0.7.1-2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * also install the blank MS
+
+ -- Gijs Molenaar (launchpad ppa build key) <gijs@pythonic.nl>  Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:47:03 +0000
+
 katdal (0.7.1-1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * new upstream release
diff -Nru katdal-0.7.1/debian/rules katdal-0.7.1/debian/rules
--- katdal-0.7.1/debian/rules	2016-12-12 13:08:12.000000000 +0000
+++ katdal-0.7.1/debian/rules	2017-02-06 13:46:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
 
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_install
+	mkdir -p debian/python-katdal/var/kat/static/
+	cd debian/python-katdal/var/kat/static/ && tar zxvf ../../../../../blank.ms.tgz
+
+
+
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_clean
 	rm -rf .eggs