diff --git a/deb/deb.go b/deb/deb.go
index 26db3a1df..929407c4e 100644
--- a/deb/deb.go
+++ b/deb/deb.go
@@ -37,21 +37,46 @@ func GetControlFileFromDeb(packageFile string) (Stanza, error) {
 	library := ar.NewReader(file)
 	for {
 		header, err := library.Next()
+
 		if err == io.EOF {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find control.tar.gz part in package %s", packageFile)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find control.tar.* part in package %s", packageFile)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read .deb archive %s: %s", packageFile, err)
 		}
 
-		if header.Name == "control.tar.gz" {
-			ungzip, err := gzip.NewReader(library)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to ungzip control file from %s. Error: %s", packageFile, err)
+		// As per deb(5) version 1.19.0.4 the control file may be:
+		// - control.tar (since 1.17.6)
+		// - control.tar.gz
+		// - control.tar.xz (since 1.17.6)
+		// Look for all of the above and uncompress as necessary.
+		if strings.HasPrefix(header.Name, "control.tar") {
+			bufReader := bufio.NewReader(library)
+
+			var tarInput io.Reader
+
+			switch header.Name {
+			case "control.tar":
+				tarInput = bufReader
+			case "control.tar.gz":
+				ungzip, err := gzip.NewReader(bufReader)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to ungzip %s from %s", header.Name, packageFile)
+				}
+				defer ungzip.Close()
+				tarInput = ungzip
+			case "control.tar.xz":
+				unxz, err := xz.NewReader(bufReader)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to unxz %s from %s", header.Name, packageFile)
+				}
+				defer unxz.Close()
+				tarInput = unxz
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported tar compression in %s: %s", packageFile, header.Name)
 			}
-			defer ungzip.Close()
 
-			untar := tar.NewReader(ungzip)
+			untar := tar.NewReader(tarInput)
 			for {
 				tarHeader, err := untar.Next()
 				if err == io.EOF {
diff --git a/deb/deb_test.go b/deb/deb_test.go
index 9ffd74c75..d2d6dd38d 100644
--- a/deb/deb_test.go
+++ b/deb/deb_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type DebSuite struct {
-	debFile, debFile2, dscFile, dscFileNoSign string
+	debFile, debFile2, debFileWithXzControl, dscFile, dscFileNoSign string
 }
 
 var _ = Suite(&DebSuite{})
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func (s *DebSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 	_, _File, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 	s.debFile = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(_File), "../system/files/libboost-program-options-dev_1.49.0.1_i386.deb")
 	s.debFile2 = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(_File), "../system/changes/hardlink_0.2.1_amd64.deb")
+	s.debFileWithXzControl = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(_File), "../system/changes/libqt5concurrent5-dbgsym_5.9.1+dfsg-2+18.04+bionic+build4_amd64.ddeb")
 	s.dscFile = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(_File), "../system/files/pyspi_0.6.1-1.3.dsc")
 	s.dscFileNoSign = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(_File), "../system/files/pyspi-0.6.1-1.3.stripped.dsc")
 }
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDeb(c *C) {
 	c.Check(st["Package"], Equals, "libboost-program-options-dev")
 }
 
+func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDebWithXzControl(c *C) {
+	// Has control.tar.xz archive inside.
+	st, err := GetControlFileFromDeb(s.debFileWithXzControl)
+	c.Check(err, IsNil)
+	c.Check(st["Version"], Equals, "5.9.1+dfsg-2+18.04+bionic+build4")
+	c.Check(st["Package"], Equals, "libqt5concurrent5-dbgsym")
+}
+
 func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDsc(c *C) {
 	verifier := &pgp.GoVerifier{}
 
diff --git a/system/changes/libqt5concurrent5-dbgsym_5.9.1+dfsg-2+18.04+bionic+build4_amd64.ddeb b/system/changes/libqt5concurrent5-dbgsym_5.9.1+dfsg-2+18.04+bionic+build4_amd64.ddeb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77d6946ac
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