diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7c30efb..6693c1f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  devscripts (>= 2.11.0~),
  dh-python,
  distro-info (>= 0.2~),
+ flake8 (>= 3.8.0),
  lsb-release,
  python3-all,
  python3-apt,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-distro-info,
  python3-httplib2,
  python3-launchpadlib,
+ python3-nose,
  python3-requests <!nocheck>,
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-termcolor <!nocheck>,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4c3e028..abcbf1e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 	rm -f .coverage
 	rm -rf .tox
 
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	flake8 -v --max-line-length=99 --extend-exclude=ubuntu-archive-assistant,ubuntu_archive_assistant
+	nosetests3 -v ubuntutools
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild