diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8bc3d363..a4cb2b46 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+e2fsprogs (1.42.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * e2fsck-static, e2fsprogs: let preinst remove a symbolic link in
+    /usr/share/doc, that should have been replaced with a directory since
+    1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.10.02+dfsg-1. (Closes: #698879).
+
+ -- Nicolas Boulenguez <nicolas@debian.org>  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:14:59 +0100
+
 e2fsprogs (1.42.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version
diff --git a/debian/e2fsck-static.preinst b/debian/e2fsck-static.preinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e756adea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/e2fsck-static.preinst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Abort on error.
+set -e
+
+PKG=e2fsck-static
+DOCLNK=/usr/share/doc/$PKG
+if test "$1" = upgrade \
+    -a -L $DOCLNK
+then
+    rm $DOCLNK
+fi
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/e2fsprogs.preinst b/debian/e2fsprogs.preinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfa9f6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/e2fsprogs.preinst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Abort on error.
+set -e
+
+PKG=e2fsprogs
+DOCLNK=/usr/share/doc/$PKG
+if test "$1" = upgrade \
+    -a -L $DOCLNK
+then
+    rm $DOCLNK
+fi
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0