diff --git a/cmake/builds/CommonDeb.cmake b/cmake/builds/CommonDeb.cmake
index d729ddefe7..636551e50b 100644
--- a/cmake/builds/CommonDeb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/builds/CommonDeb.cmake
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "misc" )
 set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "optional" )
 set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${MANTICORE_BINARY_DIR}/conffiles;${MANTICORE_BINARY_DIR}/postinst;${MANTICORE_BINARY_DIR}/prerm;${EXTRA_SCRIPTS}" )
 set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_STRICT_PERMISSION "ON" )
-set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_PACKAGE_REPLACES "sphinxsearch" )
+
+set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_PACKAGE_REPLACES "manticore-bin" )
+set ( CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_PACKAGE_CONFLICTS "sphinxsearch" )
+
+# set applications package name to 'manticore'
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_PACKAGE_NAME ${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME})
 
 set ( CONFFILEDIR "${SYSCONFDIR}/manticoresearch" )
 
diff --git a/dist/CPackOptions.cmake.in b/dist/CPackOptions.cmake.in
index afa435157e..0ab31c5e3a 100644
--- a/dist/CPackOptions.cmake.in
+++ b/dist/CPackOptions.cmake.in
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ endif()
 set ( TARBALL_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME_LOWERCASE}-${TARBALL_VERSION}-source" )
 SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME_LOWERCASE}${_d}${FULL_VERSION}" )
 
+# force debian main package file (remove -bin)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_BIN_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.deb")
+
 # rpm specific (used inside .spec template)
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION "${VERNUMBERS}-${GIT_TIMESTAMP_ID}.${GIT_COMMIT_ID}" )