diff --git a/Dockerfile.xenial b/Dockerfile.xenial
index a5bd38958fc34beb876997cdc97adf10d8f66721..095d9743d71296a330ea9a3c43f52d353067ff66 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.xenial
+++ b/Dockerfile.xenial
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ ARG PKG_ARCH
 ENV DEBFULLNAME "NVIDIA CORPORATION"
 ENV DEBEMAIL "cudatools@nvidia.com"
 ENV REVISION "$PKG_VERS-$PKG_REV"
+ENV DISTRIB "UNRELEASED"
+ENV SECTION ""
 
 # output directory
 ENV DIST_DIR=/tmp/nvidia-container-runtime-$PKG_VERS
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ COPY config.toml.xenial $DIST_DIR/config.toml
 WORKDIR $DIST_DIR
 COPY debian ./debian
 
-RUN dch --create --package nvidia-container-runtime -v "$REVISION" "v$REVISION" && \
+RUN dch --create --package nvidia-container-runtime -v "$REVISION" "v$REVISION" -D "$DISTRIB" && \
     dch -r ""
 
-CMD debuild -i -us -uc -b && \
+CMD debuild -eSECTION --dpkg-buildpackage-hook='sh debian/prepare' -i -us -uc -b && \
     mv /tmp/*.deb /dist
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 034fbf3314216136c0d7c4a2e9198e8e5bf1c1d0..dcdca8ebdf7dda93031baa5daaabc94b8e9ffe85 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: nvidia-container-runtime
-Section: devel
+Section: @SECTION@utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
diff --git a/debian/prepare b/debian/prepare
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a28095e1c7d2350569d9d30835ae74cdf3d18bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/prepare
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+sed -i "s;@SECTION@;${SECTION:+$SECTION/};g" debian/control