diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be52d14522a737b6a4380e98432301a1aab64c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+files
+vcsh.debhelper.log
+vcsh.substvars
+vcsh/
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ac39391f6a46c01aa6db624f571b11d42951086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+vcsh (0.20111227-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release.
+  * Closes: #653364
+
+ -- Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:13:42 +0100
+
+vcsh (0.20111111-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * First pre-release.
+
+ -- Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:11 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f8f011eb73d6043d2e6db9d2c101195ae2801f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16237557e9d5c96339b32b4b7b3c1bd07bd1e060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: vcsh
+Maintainer: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), ruby-ronn (>= 0.7.3), git
+
+Package: vcsh
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, git
+Recommends: mr (>= 1.07), ssh-client
+Description: manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
+ vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working
+ trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have
+ one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and choosing which
+ configs you want to use on which machine.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8923508e45aa241a2125ae92fe25910fe05b84b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: vcsh
+Upstream-Contact: <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+Source: https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
+License: GPL-2+
+Copyright: 2011 Richard Hartmann
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2011 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2011 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+License: GPL-2+
+
+License: GPL-2+
+ This program 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 program 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 package; if not, write to the Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
+ License version 2 can be found in the file
+ `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ffd77ec8837a533ed4c06960b177d84c7eb77f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+upstream-branch = master
+debian-branch = debian
+upstream-tag = v%(version)s
+debian-tag = debian/%(version)s
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cbe925d7587131c8ec8761915930894c60c096fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+%:
+	dh $@
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..163aaf8d82b6c54f23c45f32895dbdfdcc27b047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)