diff --git a/ubuntu/debian/rules b/ubuntu/debian/rules
index bbcdd50..711c0f8 100755
--- a/ubuntu/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/debian/rules
@@ -20,3 +20,13 @@ ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),arm64)
 else
 	dh_auto_test --max-parallel=1
 endif
+
+# Execute doc creation to export at least the doxygen tag file
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build -- doc
+	dh_auto_build
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_install
+	install -d debian/tmp/usr/share/gz/gz-physics8/
+	install ./obj-*/*.tag.xml debian/tmp/usr/share/gz/gz-physics8/