diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 07bfa5c..c61529e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: nginx
 Architecture: all
-Depends: nginx-core (<< ${source:Version}.1~) | nginx-full (<< ${source:Version}.1~) | nginx-light (<< ${source:Version}.1~) | nginx-extras (<< ${source:Version}.1~),
-         nginx-core (>= ${source:Version}) | nginx-full (>= ${source:Version}) | nginx-light (>= ${source:Version}) | nginx-extras (>= ${source:Version}),
+Depends: nginx-abi-${nginx:abi},
          ${misc:Depends}
 Description: small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
  Nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ Package: nginx-dev
 Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${S:Build-Depends},
-         nginx-core (<< ${source:Version}.1~) | nginx-light (<< ${source:Version}.1~) | nginx-extras (<< ${source:Version}.1~),
-         nginx-core (>= ${source:Version}) | nginx-light (>= ${source:Version}) | nginx-extras (>= ${source:Version})
 Provides: dh-sequence-nginx
 Description: nginx web/proxy server - development headers
  Nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ Depends: libnginx-mod-http-geoip (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Breaks: nginx-full (<< 1.18.0-1),
 Replaces: nginx-full (<< 1.18.0-1),
-Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx
+Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx, nginx-abi-${nginx:abi}
 Conflicts: nginx-extras, nginx-light
 Suggests: nginx-doc (= ${source:Version})
 Description: nginx web/proxy server (standard version)
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ Depends: libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam,
          nginx-core (<< ${source:Version}.1~),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
-Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx
+Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx, nginx-abi-${nginx:abi}
 Suggests: nginx-doc (= ${source:Version})
 Description: nginx web/proxy server (standard version with 3rd parties)
  Nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server
@@ -160,7 +157,7 @@ Depends: libnginx-mod-http-echo (>= 1:0.63-3~),
          iproute2,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
-Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx
+Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx, nginx-abi-${nginx:abi}
 Conflicts: nginx-extras, nginx-core
 Suggests: nginx-doc (= ${source:Version})
 Description: nginx web/proxy server (basic version)
@@ -206,7 +203,7 @@ Depends: libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam (>= 1:1.5.3-2~),
          iproute2,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
-Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx
+Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, nginx, nginx-abi-${nginx:abi}
 Conflicts: nginx-core, nginx-light
 Suggests: nginx-doc (= ${source:Version})
 Description: nginx web/proxy server (extended version)
diff --git a/debian/debhelper/dh_nginx b/debian/debhelper/dh_nginx
index f2b9bb5..c303731 100755
--- a/debian/debhelper/dh_nginx
+++ b/debian/debhelper/dh_nginx
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@
 use strict;
 use File::Find;
 use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
-
+use Dpkg::Substvars;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
 dh_nginx - register configuration snippets to the nginx web server
 
 =cut
-
+my $abi;
 sub nginx_depends
 {
-	return 'nginx-common (= ${source:Version})'
+	if (!$abi) {
+		my $sv = Dpkg::Substvars->new();
+		$sv->load("/usr/share/nginx/src/debian/libnginx-mod.substvars");
+		$abi = $sv->get("nginx:abi");
+	}
+	return "nginx-abi-$abi";
 }
 
 sub nginx_api_installdir
@@ -268,30 +273,24 @@ foreach my $package ((@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}))
 		}
 	}
 
-        my @postinst_autoscripts;
+	my @postinst_autoscripts;
 
-        if ($#{$PACKAGE_TYPE{'has_a_module'}} >= 0)
-        {
-                if ($package !~ m/libnginx-mod-\w+?/)
-                {
-                        warning("Package $package appears to be an Nginx module. It should comply to the package naming scheme libnginx-mod-<modulename>\n");
-                }
-                if ($nginx_in_tree){
-                            addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", nginx_depends());
-                } else {
-                            my $ngx_ver = `grep 'define NGINX_VERSION' /usr/share/nginx/src/src/core/nginx.h | sed -e 's/^.*"\\(.*\\)".*/\\1/'`;
-                            chomp($ngx_ver);
-                            addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", "nginx-common (>= $ngx_ver), nginx-common (<< $ngx_ver.1~)");
-                }
+	if ($#{$PACKAGE_TYPE{'has_a_module'}} >= 0)
+	{
+		if ($package !~ m/libnginx-mod-\w+?/)
+		{
+			warning("Package $package appears to be an Nginx module. It should comply to the package naming scheme libnginx-mod-<modulename>\n");
+		}
+		addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", nginx_depends());
 
-                my $modules = "";
-                foreach my $module (@{$PACKAGE_TYPE{'has_a_module'}})
-                {
-                        $modules .= "$module ";
-                }
+		my $modules = "";
+		foreach my $module (@{$PACKAGE_TYPE{'has_a_module'}})
+		{
+			$modules .= "$module ";
+		}
 
-                push @postinst_autoscripts, ["module", $modules];
-        }
+		push @postinst_autoscripts, ["module", $modules];
+	}
 
 	if (! $dh{NOSCRIPTS})
 	{
diff --git a/debian/debhelper/nginx_mod.pm b/debian/debhelper/nginx_mod.pm
index 4b19403..7df00d4 100644
--- a/debian/debhelper/nginx_mod.pm
+++ b/debian/debhelper/nginx_mod.pm
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ sub new {
 	my $this= $class->SUPER::new(@_);
 	$this->prefer_out_of_source_building(@_);
 	$this->{has_ndk} = $this->has_build_dep("libnginx-mod-http-ndk-dev");
-	if ($this->{has_ndk} == 1){
-		foreach my $cur (getpackages('arch')) {
+	foreach my $cur (getpackages('arch')) {
+		if ($this->{has_ndk} == 1) {
 			addsubstvar($cur, "misc:Depends", "libnginx-mod-http-ndk");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/debian/nginx-dev.install b/debian/nginx-dev.install
index efc1578..250b101 100644
--- a/debian/nginx-dev.install
+++ b/debian/nginx-dev.install
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ debian/build-src/auto usr/share/nginx/src/
 debian/build-src/src usr/share/nginx/src/
 debian/build-src/conf_flags usr/share/nginx/src/
 debian/build-src/configure usr/share/nginx/src/
+debian/build-src/debian/libnginx-mod.substvars usr/share/nginx/src/debian/
 debian/debhelper/nginx.pm usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/
 debian/debhelper/dh_nginx usr/bin/
 debian/debhelper/nginx_mod.pm usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c852729..2f09854 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
+
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
+
+# increase this value when DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM is the same and ABI breaks because:
+# - a patch might change it
+# - a build-dependency has changed
+# note that debian revision can increase without breaking ABI
+nginx_abi = $(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)-1
+
 debian_cflags:=$(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS) -fPIC $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS)
 debian_ldflags:=$(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS) -fPIC
 
@@ -123,6 +132,9 @@ override_dh_installsystemd:
 override_dh_installlogrotate:
 	dh_installlogrotate --package nginx-common --name=nginx
 
+override_dh_gencontrol:
+	dh_gencontrol -- -Tdebian/substvars -T$(BUILDDIR_src)/debian/libnginx-mod.substvars
+
 build.arch.%:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR_$*) build
 
@@ -133,6 +145,8 @@ build.src:
 	if [ -e $(CURDIR)/configure ]; then cp $(CURDIR)/configure $(BUILDDIR_src)/; fi
 	echo "NGX_CONF_FLAGS=(" $(basic_configure_flags) ")" > $(BUILDDIR_src)/conf_flags
 	pod2man debian/debhelper/dh_nginx > $(BUILDDIR_src)/dh_nginx.1
+	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR_src)/debian
+	echo "nginx:abi=$(nginx_abi)" > $(BUILDDIR_src)/debian/libnginx-mod.substvars
 
 strip.arch.%:
 	dh_strip --package=nginx-$(*) -O--dbgsym-migration='nginx-$(*)-dbg (<< 1.10.1-3~)'