diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ec17b223ef7e5928ec35c393b70577854fd2a426..2237886c74d24c0f1f5a69ca8401796d3a87d693 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
+Replaces: libvisp2
+Breaks: libvisp2
 Description: visual servoing library
  ViSP, standing for Visual Servoing Platform, is unique. This software
  is a complete cross-platform solution that allows prototyping and