diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dca2af6..2d3af70 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Conflicts: nagios-plugins (<= 1.4.2-3)
 Replaces: nagios-plugins
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, qstat, snmp, radiusclient1, libnet-snmp-perl, dnsutils, bind9-host | host, smbclient, ucf, nagios-plugins-basic
-Suggests: nagios-text | nagios
+Suggests: nagios-text | nagios, whois
 Description: Plugins for the nagios network monitoring and management system
  Nagios is a host/service/network monitoring and management system. It has
  the following features:
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2a163a8..c9a94d8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ install: build
 	for c in ${std_plugin_cfgs}; do \
 		cp $(DEBIANDIR)/pluginconfig/$${c}.cfg ${NP_STD_TEMPLATES}; \
 	done
+	# install check_bgpstate from contrib
+	install -m 755 contrib/check_bgpstate.pl ${NP_STD_DIR}/${NP_LIBEXEC}/check_bgpstate
 	# dynamically create the postrm scripts using a template, so that we
 	# don't have to define the same list of plugin configs over and over.
 	sed -e 's/@BASIC_PLUGINS@/${basic_plugin_cfgs}/' \