diff --git a/.etckeeper b/.etckeeper
index 88ec330b..80c062e7 100755
--- a/.etckeeper
+++ b/.etckeeper
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ maybe chmod 0755 'elinks'
 maybe chmod 0755 'emacs'
 maybe chmod 0755 'emacs/site-start.d'
 maybe chmod 0644 'emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el'
+maybe chmod 0644 'emacs/site-start.d/50figlet.el'
 maybe chmod 0644 'email-addresses'
 maybe chmod 0644 'environment'
 maybe chmod 0755 'etckeeper'
diff --git a/alternatives/figlet b/alternatives/figlet
index 60b499a8..28ec836d 120000
--- a/alternatives/figlet
+++ b/alternatives/figlet
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/usr/bin/figlet-toilet
\ No newline at end of file
+/usr/bin/figlet-figlet
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/alternatives/figlet.6.gz b/alternatives/figlet.6.gz
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..550fbfc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alternatives/figlet.6.gz
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/share/man/man6/figlet-figlet.6.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/emacs/site-start.d/50figlet.el b/emacs/site-start.d/50figlet.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e1da103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs/site-start.d/50figlet.el
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;;; 50figlet.el -- debian emacs setups for figlet
+
+(if (not (file-exists-p "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/figlet.el"))
+    (message "figlet removed but not purged, skipping setup")
+
+  (autoload 'figlet-message "figlet"
+    "Inserts large message of text in ASCII font into current buffer" t))