diff -Nru libestr-0.1.1/debian/changelog libestr-0.1.1/debian/changelog
--- libestr-0.1.1/debian/changelog	2012-02-22 03:17:01.000000000 +0530
+++ libestr-0.1.1/debian/changelog	2013-02-07 14:08:25.000000000 +0530
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libestr (0.1.1-2ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low
+
+  * Add autopkgtest tests to verify that the headers are correctly installed.
+    - (LP: #1117222)
+
+ -- Vibhav Pant <vibhav@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:42:55 +0530
+
 libestr (0.1.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Switch to DH 9
diff -Nru libestr-0.1.1/debian/control libestr-0.1.1/debian/control
--- libestr-0.1.1/debian/control	2012-02-22 03:13:15.000000000 +0530
+++ libestr-0.1.1/debian/control	2013-02-07 14:08:31.000000000 +0530
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 Source: libestr
 Priority: extra
-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier <pollux@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier <pollux@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
     autotools-dev
+XS-Testsuite: autopkgtest
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Section: libs
 Homepage: http://libestr.sourceforge.net/
diff -Nru libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/build libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/build
--- libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/build	1970-01-01 05:30:00.000000000 +0530
+++ libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/build	2013-02-07 14:10:24.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# autopkgtest check: Build and run a program against libestr, to verify that the
+# headers are correctly installed
+# (C) 2012 Canonical Ltd.
+# Author: Vibhav Pant <vibhavp@ubuntu.com>
+
+set -e
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap "rm -rf $WORKDIR" 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM
+cd $WORKDIR
+cat <<EOF > estr_test.c
+#include <libestr.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+
+	es_str_t *estr;
+	/* es_newStrFromCStr: Create a new string object based on a 
+         * "traditional" C string. */
+	estr = es_newStrFromCStr("autopkgtest", 15);
+
+	if (estr ==  NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_newStrFromCStr failed");
+		return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_strbufcmp: Compare a string against a buffer */
+	if (es_strbufcmp(estr, "autopkgtest", 15) != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_strbufcmp failed");
+                return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_str2cstr: Obtain a traditional C-String from a string object */
+	if(es_str2cstr(estr, NULL) == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_str2cstr failed");
+		return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_extendBuf: Extend string buffer */
+	if(es_extendBuf(&estr, 8 ) != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_extendBuf failed");
+		return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_addChar: Append a character to the current string object */
+	if(es_addChar(&estr, 's') != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_addChar failed");
+		return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_addBuf: Append a memory buffer to a string */
+	if(es_addBuf(&estr," Ubuntu", 7) != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "es_addBuf failed");
+		return 1;
+        }
+	/* es_deleteStr: delete a string object. */
+	es_deleteStr(estr);
+	return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+gcc -o estr_test estr_test.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libestr`
+echo "build: OK"
+[ -x estr_test ]
+./estr_test
+echo "run: OK" 
diff -Nru libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/control libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/control
--- libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/control	1970-01-01 05:30:00.000000000 +0530
+++ libestr-0.1.1/debian/tests/control	2013-02-07 14:08:31.000000000 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Tests: build
+Depends: libestr-dev, build-essential, pkg-config
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