diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7600acb..9128654 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 stages:
   - build
+  - publish
 
 lint:
   image: nixery.dev/shell/diffutils/go/golangci-lint
@@ -42,4 +43,42 @@ build:aarch64:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - signaldctl
-    expire_in: 1 month
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+    expire_in: 1 month
+
+build:x86:deb:
+  stage: build
+  image: debian:latest
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y dpkg-dev dh-golang golang-any golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev golang-github-spf13-viper-dev
+    - apt-get install -y ./*.deb
+  script:
+    - dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
+    - mv ../signald-go_* .
+  needs:
+  - project: signald/qrterminal
+    job: build
+    ref: master
+    artifacts: true
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "signald-go_*"
+    expire_in: 1 month
+
+publish:
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/signald/infrastructure/signald-builder-x86:d5e68709
+  stage: publish
+  tags: [deb-signer]
+  needs: ["build:x86:deb"]
+  script:
+    - aptly repo create signald
+    - aptly mirror create -ignore-signatures backfill-mirror https://updates.signald.org "${DISTRIBUTION}" main
+    - aptly mirror update -ignore-signatures backfill-mirror
+    - aptly repo import backfill-mirror signald signald
+    - aptly repo add signald *.deb
+    - aptly publish repo -config=.aptly.conf -batch -gpg-key="${SIGNING_KEY}" -distribution="${DISTRIBUTION}" "signald" "s3:updates.signald.org:"
+  variables:
+    DISTRIBUTION: unstable
+  only:
+    - main
+    - tags
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53a1ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+signald-go (0.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Finn <finn@janky.solutions>  Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:13:14 -0800
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4de394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1125612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Source: signald-go
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: finn <finn@janky.solutions>
+Uploaders: finn <finn@janky.solutions>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+               dh-golang,
+               golang-any,
+               golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev,
+               golang-github-spf13-viper-dev
+Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+Homepage: https://signald.org
+Vcs-Browser: https://gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
+Vcs-Git: https://gitlab.com/signald/signald-go.git
+XS-Go-Import-Path: gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
+Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-go
+
+Package: signald-go
+Architecture: any
+Built-Using: ${misc:Built-Using}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: a simple command line client for signald
+ 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b26801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: signald-go
+Source: TODO
+Files-Excluded:
+  Godeps/_workspace
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2021 Finn Herzfeld
+License: GPL-3.0+
+
+License: GPL-3.0+
+ 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 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This package 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 program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+ Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
+
+# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
+# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
+# Please avoid picking licenses with terms that are more restrictive than the
+# packaged work, as it may make Debian's contributions unacceptable upstream.
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diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cec628c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+pristine-tar = True
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..644abc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_install -- --no-source
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=golang --with=golang
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)