dpkg-deb build ignores/misinterprets a changelog

I'm building a .deb package using: dpkg-deb --build package The directory "package" contains another directory called DEBIAN that has the changelog, but the resulting package doesn't have the changelog.Debian.gz in it, and if I check the package using lintian I get following errors: E: msodbcsql: debian-changelog-file-missing W: msodbcsql: unknown-control-file changelog I don't know if relevant but the permissions on the changelog are as follows: -rwxr-xr-x 1 maximk maximk 159 May 10 11:23 changelog Why is the "changelog" considered to be an unknown control file instead of, you know, a changelog?