diff --git a/resources/build/build-utils.sh b/resources/build/build-utils.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0d735b0add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/build/build-utils.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# TODO: remove this file in v19.0. Used only by deb-packaging.yml
+echo "WARNING: build-utils.sh is deprecated. Use instead builder-basic.inc.sh"
+THIS_SCRIPT="$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+. "${THIS_SCRIPT%/*}/builder-basic.inc.sh"