diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2843b9f7..8431576d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ pkg_check_modules(KMOD REQUIRED libkmod)
 find_library(PTHREAD pthread)
 find_library(DL dl)
 
+# Stuff for building the Debian package
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
+set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libnl-3-200, libnl-genl-3-200")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "net")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "optional")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "A daemon that handles the userspace side of the LIO TCM-User backstore")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Target Devel <target-devel@vger.kernel.org>")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "https://github.com/open-iscsi/tcmu-runner")
+include(CPack)
+
 if (with-tcmalloc)
   find_library(TCMALLOC_LIB tcmalloc)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-builtin-malloc -fno-builtin-calloc -fno-builtin-realloc -fno-builtin-free")
@@ -214,6 +225,7 @@ endif (with-zbc)
 
 if (with-rbd)
 	find_library(LIBRBD rbd)
+	set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, librados2, librbd1")
 
 	# Stuff for building the rbd handler
 	add_library(handler_rbd
@@ -244,7 +256,8 @@ if (with-glfs)
 		set(GFAPI_VERSION760 1)
 	endif (GFAPI760_FOUND)
 
-    set(GFAPI_VERSION766 0)
+	set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, glusterfs-common")
+	set(GFAPI_VERSION766 0)
 
     pkg_check_modules(GFAPI766 glusterfs-api>=7.6.6 QUIET)
 	if (GFAPI766_FOUND)
@@ -272,6 +285,7 @@ endif (with-glfs)
 
 if (with-qcow)
 	find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+	set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, zlib1g")
 
 	# Stuff for building the qcow handler
 	add_library(handler_qcow
diff --git a/extra/install_dep.sh b/extra/install_dep.sh
index 84673e9f..b8a4d633 100755
--- a/extra/install_dep.sh
+++ b/extra/install_dep.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ if [ y`uname`y = yLinuxy ]; then
 		yum search librbd-devel | grep -q "N/S matched" && LIBRBD=librbd || LIBRBD=librbd1
 	        $SUDO yum install -y $LIBRBD-devel
 		;;
+  ubuntu|debian)
+		# for generic
+		$SUDO apt-get install cmake make gcc libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libglib2.0-dev zlib1g-dev libkmod-dev
+
+		# for glusterfs
+		$SUDO apt-get install glusterfs-common
+		# for ceph
+		$SUDO apt-get install librados2 librados-dev
+		$SUDO apt-get install librbd1 librbd-dev
 	*)
-		echo "TODO: only fedora/rhel/centos are supported for now!"
+		echo "TODO: only fedora/rhel/centos/ubuntu/debian are supported for now!"
 		;;
 	esac
 else
diff --git a/extra/make_runnerdeb.sh b/extra/make_runnerdeb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..77f30815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/make_runnerdeb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$1" == "--help" -o "$1" == "help" ]; then
+	echo ""
+	echo "  USAGE:"
+	echo ""
+	echo "  # cd tcmu-runner/extra/"
+	echo "  # ./make_runnerdeb.sh [-Dwith-<rbd|glfs|qcow|zbc|fbo>=false]"
+	echo ""
+	echo "  Will build the Debian package in top dir by using the HEAD commit ID as default."
+	echo ""
+	exit
+fi
+
+TOPDIR=`pwd`/../
+
+VERSION=`git describe --tags --match "v[0-9]*"`
+VERSION=`echo $VERSION | sed "s/-/./g"`
+VERSION=`echo $VERSION | sed "s/v//"`
+
+cmake $TOPDIR -DSUPPORT_SYSTEMD=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION=$VERSION "$@"
+(cd $TOPDIR ; make package)