diff --git a/debian/deb.go b/debian/deb.go
index 194eac41..99585fc6 100644
--- a/debian/deb.go
+++ b/debian/deb.go
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ package debian
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
+	"bufio"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mkrautz/goar"
+	"github.com/smira/aptly/utils"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
-// GetControlFileFromDeb read control file from deb package
+// GetControlFileFromDeb reads control file from deb package
 func GetControlFileFromDeb(packageFile string) (Stanza, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(packageFile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -57,3 +60,40 @@ func GetControlFileFromDeb(packageFile string) (Stanza, error) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// GetControlFileFromDsc reads control file from dsc package
+func GetControlFileFromDsc(dscFile string, verifier utils.Verifier) (Stanza, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(dscFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	line, err := bufio.NewReader(file).ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	file.Seek(0, 0)
+
+	var text *os.File
+
+	if strings.Index(line, "BEGIN PGP SIGN") != -1 {
+		text, err = verifier.ExtractClearsigned(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		defer text.Close()
+	} else {
+		text = file
+	}
+
+	reader := NewControlFileReader(text)
+	stanza, err := reader.ReadStanza()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return stanza, nil
+
+}
diff --git a/debian/deb_test.go b/debian/deb_test.go
index d3fb7e33..5b387a06 100644
--- a/debian/deb_test.go
+++ b/debian/deb_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package debian
 
 import (
+	"github.com/smira/aptly/utils"
 	. "launchpad.net/gocheck"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 )
 
 type DebSuite struct {
-	debFile string
+	debFile, dscFile, dscFileNoSign string
 }
 
 var _ = Suite(&DebSuite{})
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ var _ = Suite(&DebSuite{})
 func (s *DebSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 	_, __file__, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 	s.debFile = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(__file__), "../system/files/libboost-program-options-dev_1.49.0.1_i386.deb")
+	s.dscFile = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(__file__), "../system/files/pyspi_0.6.1-1.3.dsc")
+	s.dscFileNoSign = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(__file__), "../system/files/pyspi-0.6.1-1.3.stripped.dsc")
 }
 
 func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDeb(c *C) {
@@ -30,3 +33,24 @@ func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDeb(c *C) {
 	c.Check(st["Version"], Equals, "1.49.0.1")
 	c.Check(st["Package"], Equals, "libboost-program-options-dev")
 }
+
+func (s *DebSuite) TestGetControlFileFromDsc(c *C) {
+	verifier := &utils.GpgVerifier{}
+
+	_, err := GetControlFileFromDsc("/no/such/file", verifier)
+	c.Check(err, ErrorMatches, ".*no such file or directory")
+
+	_, __file__, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
+	_, err = GetControlFileFromDsc(__file__, verifier)
+	c.Check(err, ErrorMatches, "malformed stanza syntax")
+
+	st, err := GetControlFileFromDsc(s.dscFile, verifier)
+	c.Check(err, IsNil)
+	c.Check(st["Version"], Equals, "0.6.1-1.3")
+	c.Check(st["Source"], Equals, "pyspi")
+
+	st, err = GetControlFileFromDsc(s.dscFileNoSign, verifier)
+	c.Check(err, IsNil)
+	c.Check(st["Version"], Equals, "0.6.1-1.4")
+	c.Check(st["Source"], Equals, "pyspi")
+}