diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.config b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5601b0a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# Source debconf library.
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postinst b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postinst
index fccacf6c9f..7cadc28974 100644
--- a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postinst
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postinst
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ case "$1" in
 
         . /etc/jitsi/videobridge/config
 
+        # loading debconf
+        . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+        # stores the hostname so we will reuse it later, like in purge
+        db_set jitsi-meet-prosody/jvb-hostname $JVB_HOSTNAME
+
+        # and we're done with debconf
+        db_stop
+
         PROSODY_CONFIG_PRESENT="true"
         PROSODY_HOST_CONFIG="/etc/prosody/conf.avail/$JVB_HOSTNAME.cfg.lua"
         # if there is no prosody config extract our template
diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postrm b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postrm
index 6d35b05b68..d4fa60469b 100644
--- a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postrm
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.postrm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$1" in
     ;;
 
     purge)
-        db_get jitsi-meet/jvb-hostname
+        db_get jitsi-meet-prosody/jvb-hostname
         JVB_HOSTNAME=$RET
         if [ -n "$RET" ]; then
             rm -f /etc/prosody/conf.avail/$JVB_HOSTNAME.cfg.lua
diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.templates b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.templates
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa46dab73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet-prosody.templates
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Template: jitsi-meet-prosody/jvb-hostname
+Type: string
+Default: ${default-key}
+_Description: The hostname of the current installation:
+ The value for the hostname that is set in Jitsi Videobridge installation.