diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 81bd44d8..0062e927 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ ${KERNEL_SRC}.prepared: ${KERNEL_SRC_SUBMODULE}
 	cp -a ${KERNEL_SRC_SUBMODULE} ${BUILD_DIR}/${KERNEL_SRC}
 	sed -i ${BUILD_DIR}/${KERNEL_SRC}/Makefile -e 's/^EXTRAVERSION.*$$/EXTRAVERSION=${EXTRAVERSION}/'
 	rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/${KERNEL_SRC}/debian
-	set -e; cd ${BUILD_DIR}/${KERNEL_SRC}; for patch in ${PVE_PATCHES}; do echo "applying PVE patch '$$patch'" && patch -p1 < ../../$${patch}; done
 	touch $@
 
 ${MODULES}.prepared: $(addsuffix .prepared,${MODULE_DIRS})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee11a144..1f624ac6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ apt install ./dwarves_1.17-1_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 #### Obtaining the source
+Select the branch of your likings (e.g. `v5.8.x`) and update the submodules:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/fabianishere/pve-edge-kernel
 cd pve-ede-kernel
 git submodule update --init --depth=1 --recursive linux
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
-Afterwards, select the branch of your likings (e.g. `v5.8.x`).
 
 #### Building
 Invoking the following command will build the kernel and its associated packages:
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ The Makefile provides several environmental variables to control:
    the optimization level or micro architecture to build for.
 
 Kernel options may be controlled from the [debian/rules](debian/rules) file. To build with
-additional patches, you may add them to the [patches/pve](patches/pve) directory.
+additional patches, you may add them to the [debian/patches/pve](debian/patches/pve) directory
+and update the [series](debian/patches/series.linux) file accordingly.
 
 ## Questions
 If you have any questions or want to see additional versions, flavors or micro architectures being built, feel
diff --git a/patches/pve/0001-Make-mkcompile_h-accept-an-alternate-timestamp-strin.patch b/debian/patches/pve/0001-Make-mkcompile_h-accept-an-alternate-timestamp-strin.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pve/0001-Make-mkcompile_h-accept-an-alternate-timestamp-strin.patch
rename to debian/patches/pve/0001-Make-mkcompile_h-accept-an-alternate-timestamp-strin.patch
diff --git a/patches/pve/0002-bridge-keep-MAC-of-first-assigned-port.patch b/debian/patches/pve/0002-bridge-keep-MAC-of-first-assigned-port.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pve/0002-bridge-keep-MAC-of-first-assigned-port.patch
rename to debian/patches/pve/0002-bridge-keep-MAC-of-first-assigned-port.patch
diff --git a/patches/pve/0003-pci-Enable-overrides-for-missing-ACS-capabilities-4..patch b/debian/patches/pve/0003-pci-Enable-overrides-for-missing-ACS-capabilities-4..patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pve/0003-pci-Enable-overrides-for-missing-ACS-capabilities-4..patch
rename to debian/patches/pve/0003-pci-Enable-overrides-for-missing-ACS-capabilities-4..patch
diff --git a/patches/pve/0004-kvm-disable-default-dynamic-halt-polling-growth.patch b/debian/patches/pve/0004-kvm-disable-default-dynamic-halt-polling-growth.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pve/0004-kvm-disable-default-dynamic-halt-polling-growth.patch
rename to debian/patches/pve/0004-kvm-disable-default-dynamic-halt-polling-growth.patch
diff --git a/patches/pve/0005-net-core-downgrade-unregister_netdevice-refcount-lea.patch b/debian/patches/pve/0005-net-core-downgrade-unregister_netdevice-refcount-lea.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pve/0005-net-core-downgrade-unregister_netdevice-refcount-lea.patch
rename to debian/patches/pve/0005-net-core-downgrade-unregister_netdevice-refcount-lea.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/series.linux b/debian/patches/series.linux
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff374202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series.linux
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pve/0001-Make-mkcompile_h-accept-an-alternate-timestamp-strin.patch
+pve/0002-bridge-keep-MAC-of-first-assigned-port.patch
+pve/0003-pci-Enable-overrides-for-missing-ACS-capabilities-4..patch
+pve/0004-kvm-disable-default-dynamic-halt-polling-growth.patch
+pve/0005-net-core-downgrade-unregister_netdevice-refcount-lea.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0f818579..883f6d0a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- makefile -*-
 
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
 # TODO: check for headers not being installed
 BUILD_DIR=$(shell pwd)
 
@@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ KERNEL_SRC_COPY=${KERNEL_SRC}_tmp
 PVE_BUILD_CC ?= ${CC}
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with quilt
 
 debian/control: $(wildcard debian/*.in)
 	sed -e 's/@@KVNAME@@/${KVNAME}/g' < debian/templates/pve-kernel.prerm.in > debian/${PVE_KERNEL_PKG}.prerm
@@ -39,6 +36,19 @@ debian/control: $(wildcard debian/*.in)
 debian/SOURCE:
 	echo "git clone git@github.com:fabianishere/pve-kernel-edge.git\\ngit checkout $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)" > $@
 
+override_dh_quilt_patch:
+	cd linux; \
+		QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches  \
+		QUILT_SERIES=series.linux \
+		quilt --quiltrc /dev/null --color=always push -a || test $$? = 2
+
+override_dh_quilt_unpatch:
+	cd linux; \
+		QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches \
+		QUILT_SERIES=series.linux \
+		quilt --quiltrc /dev/null pop -a || test $$? = 2
+	rm -rf linux/.pc
+
 override_dh_auto_build: .compile_mark .tools_compile_mark .modules_compile_mark
 
 override_dh_auto_install: debian/SOURCE .install_mark .tools_install_mark .headers_install_mark .usr_headers_install_mark