diff -u python2.7-2.7.14/debian/changelog python2.7-2.7.14/debian/changelog
--- python2.7-2.7.14/debian/changelog
+++ python2.7-2.7.14/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+python2.7 (2.7.14-6ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add Cnf-Visible-Pkgname hints for python2.7-minimal to point to
+    python2.7
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:56:55 +0100
+
 python2.7 (2.7.14-6) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Don't run lib2to3 tests which rely on the pickled grammar files.
diff -u python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control
--- python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control
+++ python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
  be used in the boot process for some basic tasks.
  See /usr/share/doc/python2.7-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules
  contained in this package.
+XB-Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: python2.7
 
 Package: libpython2.7-minimal
 Architecture: any
diff -u python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control.in python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control.in
--- python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control.in
+++ python2.7-2.7.14/debian/control.in
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
  be used in the boot process for some basic tasks.
  See /usr/share/doc/@PVER@-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules
  contained in this package.
+XB-Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: @PVER@
 
 Package: lib@PVER@-minimal
 Architecture: any