diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5f8011..b118128 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libfm-qt (1.1.0-0ubuntu4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Split common files out into a different package.
+
+ -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:55:43 -0500
+
 libfm-qt (1.1.0-0ubuntu3) kinetic; urgency=medium
 
   * Even moar symbols. 😦
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index eb154f6..9e4cbfd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ XS-Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/libfm-qt.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/libfm-qt
 
 Package: libfm-qt11
-Provides: libfm-qt
-Conflicts: libfm-qt
 Replaces: libfm-qt9
 Breaks: libfm-qt9
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: libs
-Depends: libglib2.0-bin, shared-mime-info, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: libfm-qt-common,
+         libglib2.0-bin,
+         shared-mime-info,
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
 Recommends: libfm-qt-l10n
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Description: file management support for pcmanfm-qt
@@ -37,6 +39,17 @@ Description: file management support for pcmanfm-qt
  .
  This package contains helper library libfm-qt for pcmanfm-qt.
 
+Package: libfm-qt-common
+Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
+Section: libs
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Common files for libfm-qt
+ Libfm-Qt is a companion library providing components to build desktop file
+ managers.
+ .
+ This package contains common files for libfm-qt.
+
 Package: libfm-qt-dev
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
diff --git a/debian/libfm-qt-common.install b/debian/libfm-qt-common.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36efcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libfm-qt-common.install
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/share/libfm-qt/archivers.list
+usr/share/libfm-qt/terminals.list
+usr/share/mime/packages/libfm-qt-mimetypes.xml
diff --git a/debian/libfm-qt11.install b/debian/libfm-qt11.install
index 4d9d6f3..3de3b10 100644
--- a/debian/libfm-qt11.install
+++ b/debian/libfm-qt11.install
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 usr/lib/*/*.so.*
-usr/share/libfm-qt/archivers.list
-usr/share/libfm-qt/terminals.list
-usr/share/mime/packages/libfm-qt-mimetypes.xml