diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b6b0720c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config.yaml
diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b36ab39fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.debhelper
+debhelper-build-stamp
+meshtasticd
+files
+meshtasticd.substvars
+meshtasticd.postrm.debhelper
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd6fb1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+meshtasticd (2.5.19) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial packaging
+
+ -- Austin Lane <vidplace7@gmail.com>  Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b00c6d78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Source: meshtasticd
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Austin Lane <vidplace7@gmail.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
+               python3-pip,
+               python3-venv,
+               git,
+               g++,
+               pkg-config,
+               libyaml-cpp-dev,
+               libgpiod-dev,
+               libbluetooth-dev,
+               libusb-1.0-0-dev,
+               libi2c-dev
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2
+Homepage: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: meshtasticd
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Meshtastic daemon for communicating with Meshtastic devices
+ Meshtastic is an off-grid text communication platform that uses inexpensive 
+ LoRa radios.
diff --git a/debian/meshtasticd.dirs b/debian/meshtasticd.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf1ba7a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/meshtasticd.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+etc/meshtasticd
+etc/meshtasticd/config.d
+etc/meshtasticd/available.d
diff --git a/debian/meshtasticd.install b/debian/meshtasticd.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04bf34daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/meshtasticd.install
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.pio/build/native/meshtasticd  usr/sbin
+
+bin/config.yaml                etc/meshtasticd
+bin/config.d/*                 etc/meshtasticd/available.d
+
+bin/meshtasticd.service        lib/systemd/system
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5486611a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+# Use the "dh" sequencer
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	# Terrible hack to use modern platformio to build the native version
+	python3 -m venv venv
+	venv/bin/pip install platformio
+	venv/bin/platformio run -e native
+	rm -rf venv
+	# Move the binary and default config to the correct name
+	mv .pio/build/native/program .pio/build/native/meshtasticd
+	cp bin/config-dist.yaml bin/config.yaml
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f6742789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)
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diff --git a/debian/update_changelog.sh b/debian/update_changelog.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60af34511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/update_changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+export DEBEMAIL="github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+dch --newversion "$(python3 bin/buildinfo.py short)-1" \
+        --distribution unstable \
+        "GitHub Actions Automatic version bump"