diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 252d3bb..87e521d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ tty0tty
 
 Note that this method will not make the module persist over kernel updates so if you ever update your kernel, make sure you build tty0tty again repeat the process.
 
+## Debian package
+
+In order to build the dkms Debian package
+
+```
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y dh-make dkms build-essential
+debuild -uc -us
+```
 
 ## Contact
 
diff --git a/debian/README b/debian/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84620bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+The Debian Package tty0tty
+----------------------------
+
+Comments regarding the Package
+
+ -- Eric Keller <eric.keller.ek1@roche.com>  Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:28:05 +0100
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59330c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+tty0tty (1.2) xenial; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial Release.
+
+ -- Eric Keller <eric.keller.ek1@roche.com>  Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:28:05 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec63514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb5d2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: tty0tty
+Section: kernel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Eric Keller <eric.keller.ek1@roche.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9), dkms
+Standards-Version: 3.9.7
+Homepage: https://github.com/freemed/tty0tty
+#Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/tty0tty.git
+#Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tty0tty.git
+
+Package: tty0tty-dkms
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Linux null modem emulator kernel module
+ Linux kernel module null-modem, null-modem using ptys without handshake lines
+
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e25f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: tty0tty
+Source: https://github.com/freemed/tty0tty
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2017 Luis Claudio Gamboa Lopes <lcgamboa@yahoo.com>
+License: GPL-2.0+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2017 Eric Keller <eric.keller.ek1@roche.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+
+License: GPL-2.0+
+ This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+ Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
+
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+    or /usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..701b3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog |grep ^Version:|cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with dkms
+
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install module/Makefile module/tty0tty.c usr/src/tty0tty-$(VERSION)/
+
+override_dh_dkms:
+	dh_dkms -V $(VERSION)
+
+# do nothing
+override_dh_auto_configure override_dh_auto_build override_dh_auto_test override_dh_auto_install override_dh_auto_clean:
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ae9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)
diff --git a/debian/tty0tty-dkms.dkms b/debian/tty0tty-dkms.dkms
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0276082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tty0tty-dkms.dkms
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PACKAGE_VERSION="#MODULE_VERSION#"
+PACKAGE_NAME="tty0tty"
+CLEAN="make clean"
+BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="tty0tty"
+BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="./"
+DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/misc/"
+MAKE[1]="make"
+AUTOINSTALL="yes"
diff --git a/debian/tty0tty-docs.docs b/debian/tty0tty-docs.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3609b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tty0tty-docs.docs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+README.Debian
+README.source
+README