diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1c82de86f9..7b2f9f7b88e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ if(DPKG_PROGRAM)
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_RUNTIME_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}_${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_RUNTIME_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpack/debian/conffiles
+    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpack/debian/prerm
     )
 
   if(FLB_RUN_LDCONFIG)
diff --git a/cpack/debian/prerm b/cpack/debian/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1053c344d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpack/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ $1 == "remove" ]]; then
+    systemctl stop fluent-bit.service || true
+    systemctl disable fluent-bit.service || true
+else
+    echo "Unknown Argument! $1" || false
+fi
+
+exit 0