diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
index 4383c0983e..aa566973b6 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ local filename = {
   ['NEWS.dch'] = 'debchangelog',
   ['NEWS.Debian'] = 'debchangelog',
   ['/debian/control'] = 'debcontrol',
+  ['/DEBIAN/control'] = 'debcontrol',
   ['/debian/copyright'] = 'debcopyright',
   ['/etc/apt/sources.list'] = 'debsources',
   ['denyhosts.conf'] = 'denyhosts',
@@ -2319,6 +2320,7 @@ local pattern = {
     ['%.cmake%.in$'] = 'cmake',
     ['^crontab%.'] = starsetf('crontab'),
     ['^cvs%d+$'] = 'cvs',
+    ['/DEBIAN/control$'] = 'debcontrol',
     ['^php%.ini%-'] = 'dosini',
     ['^php%-fpm%.conf'] = 'dosini',
     ['^www%.conf'] = 'dosini',
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
index 81b94c69db..4f2fef5b1f 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ end
 --- Debian Control
 --- @type vim.filetype.mapfn
 function M.control(_, bufnr)
-  if getline(bufnr, 1):find('^Source:') then
+  local line1 = getline(bufnr, 1)
+  if line1 and findany(line1, { '^Source:', '^Package:' }) then
     return 'debcontrol'
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index 62e339c1ca..58064ea412 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func s:GetFilenameChecks() abort
     \ 'datascript': ['file.ds'],
     \ 'dcd': ['file.dcd'],
     \ 'debchangelog': ['changelog.Debian', 'changelog.dch', 'NEWS.Debian', 'NEWS.dch', '/debian/changelog'],
-    \ 'debcontrol': ['/debian/control', 'any/debian/control'],
+    \ 'debcontrol': ['/debian/control', 'any/debian/control', 'any/DEBIAN/control'],
     \ 'debcopyright': ['/debian/copyright', 'any/debian/copyright'],
     \ 'debsources': ['/etc/apt/sources.list', '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/file.list', 'any/etc/apt/sources.list', 'any/etc/apt/sources.list.d/file.list'],
     \ 'deb822sources': ['/etc/apt/sources.list.d/file.sources', 'any/etc/apt/sources.list.d/file.sources'],