diff -u nginx-0.7.59/debian/init.d nginx-0.7.59/debian/init.d
--- nginx-0.7.59/debian/init.d
+++ nginx-0.7.59/debian/init.d
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
 case "$1" in
   start)
 	echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
@@ -61,8 +63,11 @@
           exit $?
         fi
         ;;
+  status)
+	status_of_proc -p /var/run/$NAME.pid "$DAEMON" nginx && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
   *)
-	echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|configtest}" >&2
+	echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status|configtest}" >&2
 	exit 1
 	;;
 esac
diff -u nginx-0.7.59/debian/control nginx-0.7.59/debian/control
--- nginx-0.7.59/debian/control
+++ nginx-0.7.59/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Package: nginx
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Provides: httpd
 Description: small, but very powerful and efficient web server
  Nginx (engine x) is a web server created by Igor Sysoev and kindly provided