diff --git a/scripts/dynare.el b/scripts/dynare.el
index 4a174b205aca4d56c9cf78618dd329199692ec8c..9b04dc7e2be4c68dc3b4957f7822966ce8f09550 100644
--- a/scripts/dynare.el
+++ b/scripts/dynare.el
@@ -232,3 +232,6 @@
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.mod$" . dynare-mode))
 
 (provide 'dynare)
+
+;; The following line is for ELPA compatibility (in particular needed for Debian)
+;;; dynare.el ends here