diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b3c5f3a..cee9946 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,28 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make
           sudo make install
+  debian:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container: debian:buster
+    steps:
+      - name: install tools
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts equivs gawk git
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: |
+          mk-build-deps -ir -t "apt-get -qq --no-install-recommends"
+      - name: prepare changelog
+        run: |
+          debian/nightly-changelog.sh
+        env:
+          DISTRO: buster
+      - name: build package
+        run: |
+          debuild -us -uc
+          mv ../*.deb ~/
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: deb
+          path: ~/*.deb
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6399b8d..ebe9d05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
-infoconv
-infoedit
+/debian/changelog
+/debian/*debhelper*
+/debian/files
+/debian/infoedit
+/debian/infoedit.substvars
+/infoconv
+/infoedit
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f1f580f..56695aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+CXX ?= g++
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+DESTDIR ?=
+
 all: infoconv infoedit
 
 infoconv: infoconv.cpp
@@ -10,9 +14,10 @@ lint:
 	clang-format-8 -i -style=file *.[hc]pp
 
 install: infoconv infoedit
-	install infoconv /usr/local/bin/infoconv
-	install infoedit /usr/local/bin/infoedit
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	install infoconv $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/infoconv
+	install infoedit $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/infoedit
 
 uninstall:
-	rm /usr/local/bin/infoconv
-	rm /usr/local/bin/infoedit
+	rm $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/infoconv
+	rm $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/infoedit
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..1de92c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Source: infoedit
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Junxiao Shi <deb@mail1.yoursunny.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+               libboost-dev,
+               libboost-program-options-dev
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
+Homepage: https://github.com/NDN-Routing/infoedit
+
+Package: infoedit
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: command line tools for Boost INFO format
diff --git a/debian/nightly-changelog.sh b/debian/nightly-changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8b11bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/nightly-changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..
+
+PKGVER=$(git show -s --format='%ct %H' | gawk '{ printf "0.0.0-%s-%s", strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", $1), substr($2,1,12) }')
+
+(
+  echo "infoedit ($PKGVER-nightly~$DISTRO) $DISTRO;"
+  echo "  * Automated build of version $PKGVER"
+  echo " -- Junxiao Shi <deb@mail1.yoursunny.com>  $(date -R)"
+) > debian/changelog
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e9ea2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+DH_VERBOSE=1
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+-include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
+
+export PREFIX=/usr
+
+%:
+	dh $@