diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2549af3..0155138 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-.idea
+/.idea/
+/build/
 *.sql
 *.sqlite3
+*.deb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e16cf2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+.PHONY: deb clean
+
+deb: clean
+	pkg/deb.sh
+
+clean:
+	sudo rm -rf build elwig-backend_*.deb
diff --git a/pkg/deb.sh b/pkg/deb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c4815b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/deb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+VERSION=$(grep "^VERSION" src/elwig-backend | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
+REV="${1:-1}"
+mkdir -p build/
+
+mkdir -p build/usr/bin/
+cp src/elwig-backend build/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p build/DEBIAN/
+echo -n "\
+Package: elwig-backend
+Version: ${VERSION}
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: Lorenz Stechauner <lorenz.stechauner@necronda.net>
+Depends: python3
+Homepage: https://git.necronda.net/winzer/elwig-backend
+Description: Local backend for Elwig's REST API
+" > build/DEBIAN/control
+
+chmod 0755 build/usr/bin/*
+sudo chown root:root -R build/
+dpkg --build build/ "elwig-backend_${VERSION}-${REV}_all.deb"
diff --git a/src/elwig-backend b/src/elwig-backend
index cbb5075..6efc2f9 100755
--- a/src/elwig-backend
+++ b/src/elwig-backend
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ import urllib.parse
 import gzip
 
 
+VERSION: str = '0.0.1'
+
 CNX: sqlite3.Cursor
 USER_FILE: str
 
-
 OPEN_API_DOC: str = '''{
   "openapi": "3.1.0",
   "info": {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ OPEN_API_DOC: str = '''{
     "summary": "Elektronische Winzergenossenschaftsverwaltung (\\"Electronic Management for Vintners'/Winemakers' Cooperatives\\")",
     "description": "",
     "contact": {"email": "contact@necronda.net"},
-    "version": "0.0.1"
+    "version": "[VERSION]"
   },
   "servers": [{
     "url": "https://wgm.elwig.at/elwig/api/v1",
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ OPEN_API_DOC: str = '''{
     }
   }
 }
-'''
+'''.replace('[VERSION]', VERSION)
 
 
 class BadRequestError(Exception):