diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 9746d42be..973a10492 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [dch]
 git-log = --no-merges
 multimaint-merge = True
+
+[tag]
+debian-tag = v%(version)s
+sign-tags = True