diff --git a/debian/apertis/component b/debian/apertis/component
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..23e318506b8d96d928cff167a0a8c97024e6a0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/apertis/component
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+development