diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index 622e730f2a..912800b7ea 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ Depends: adduser,
          openssl,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
+Conflicts: netdata-core,
+           netdata-plugins-bash,
+           netdata-plugins-python,
+           netdata-plugins-nodejs,
+           netdata-web
 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
 Description: real-time charts for system monitoring
  Netdata is a daemon that collects data in realtime (per second)