diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb302dd..7327e6c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ pts/tty0tty
 .pydevproject
 
 # debian packaging artifacts
-debian/*
+debian/.debhelper/
+debian/tty0tty-dkms/
 debhelper/*
 files
 *-dkms.debhelper.log
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a905b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_dkms/3.0.10-8+deb12u1
+# The original file can be found in template-dkms-mkdeb/debian/postinst
+# in the DKMS tarball, check it for copyright notices.
+
+DKMS_NAME=tty0tty
+DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME=$DKMS_NAME-dkms
+DKMS_VERSION=1.2
+
+postinst_found=0
+
+case "$1" in
+	configure)
+		for DKMS_POSTINST in /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME/postinst; do
+			if [ -f $DKMS_POSTINST ]; then
+				$DKMS_POSTINST $DKMS_NAME $DKMS_VERSION /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME "" $2
+				postinst_found=1
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+		if [ "$postinst_found" -eq 0 ]; then
+			echo "ERROR: DKMS version is too old and $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME was not"
+			echo "built with legacy DKMS support."
+			echo "You must either rebuild $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME with legacy postinst"
+			echo "support or upgrade DKMS to a more current version."
+			exit 1
+		fi
+        # Load the tty0tty kernel module immediately
+        if ! lsmod | grep -q tty0tty; then
+            modprobe tty0tty
+        fi
+        # Ensure the module loads on boot
+        if ! grep -q "^tty0tty$" /etc/modules-load.d/tty0tty.conf; then
+            echo tty0tty >> /etc/modules-load.d/tty0tty.conf
+        fi
+	;;
+esac
+# End automatically added section
+exit 0