diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 587d7e9..4669194 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@
 src/diameter_3gpp*
 src/diameter_rfc*
 src/diameter_etsi*
+
+/rebar3
+
+/debian/*.debhelper
+/debian/files
+/debian/osmo-diameter2gsup.substvars
+/debian/osmo-diameter2gsup/
+/debian/debhelper-build-stamp
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/osmo_dia2gsup.service b/contrib/systemd/osmo_dia2gsup.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4593379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/osmo_dia2gsup.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Osmocom DIAMETER to GSUP translator
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+Environment="HOME=/var/lib/osmo_dia2gsup"
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/osmo_dia2gsup
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/erl -noshell -sname osmo_dia2gsup -eval "osmo_dia2gsup:start()."
+RestartSec=2
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d36875a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+osmo-diameter2gsup (0.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release. (Closes: #XXXXXX)
+
+ -- Harald Welte <lafore@gnumonks.org>  Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:51:01 +0200
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f599e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d03397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: osmo-diameter2gsup
+Maintainer: Osmocom Community <openbsc@lists.osmocom.org>
+Section: net
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: erlang,
+	libpcap-dev,
+Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+
+Package: osmo-diameter2gsup
+Architecture: any
+Depends: erlang
+Multi-Arch: allowed
+Description: Osmocom DIAMETER to GSUP translator
+ This can be used to translate DIAMETER requests (such as those by an EPC)
+ to the Osmocom specific GSUP protocol, which means you can use OsmoHLR
+ as a simplistic HSS.
diff --git a/debian/dh-rebar.conf b/debian/dh-rebar.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfbf2ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/dh-rebar.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EXEC_REBAR_COMMANDS=compile eunit
diff --git a/debian/download_rebar3.sh b/debian/download_rebar3.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a842c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/download_rebar3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# HACK: rebar3 is not packaged for debian 11, and building it requires rebar3
+# itself.
+
+REBAR3_VERSION=3.19.0
+
+if [ -x ./rebar3 ]; then
+	echo "rebar3 already downloaded"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+set -x
+wget -q "https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/releases/download/$REBAR3_VERSION/rebar3"
+chmod +x rebar3
diff --git a/debian/osmo-diameter2gsup.install b/debian/osmo-diameter2gsup.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d442ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/osmo-diameter2gsup.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/contrib/systemd/osmo_dia2gsup.service /lib/systemd/system/
+/_lib/* /usr/lib/erlang/lib/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e7444c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+build:
+	debian/download_rebar3.sh
+	./rebar3 compile
+	./rebar3 escriptize
+	./rebar3 eunit
+	for i in _build/default/lib/*; do \
+		libdir=_lib/"$$(basename "$$i")"; \
+		mkdir -pv "$$libdir"; \
+		cp -rv "$$i/ebin" "$$libdir"; \
+	done
+	find _lib -name .empty -delete
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf _build _lib
+
+%:
+	dh $@
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)