diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
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index 0000000..058bf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_installinit
+if [ -x "/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector" ]; then
+	/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector stop || exit $?
+fi
+# End automatically added section
+