diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index abffe8a..d8d31ce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ VPPCFG:=vppcfg
 PYTHON?=python3
 PIP?=pip
 PIP_DEPENDS=build yamale netaddr pylint
-PIP_DEPENDS+=argparse pyyaml ipaddress pyinstaller black
+PIP_DEPENDS+=argparse pyyaml ipaddress black
+WIPE=dist $(VPPCFG).egg-info .pybuild debian/vppcfg debian/vppcfg.*.log
+WIPE+=debian/vppcfg.*.debhelper debian/.debhelper debian/files
+WIPE+=debian/vppcfg.substvars
 WHL_INSTALL=dist/$(VPPCFG)-$(VERSION)-py3-none-any.whl
 
-
 .PHONY: build
 build:
 	$(PYTHON) -m build
@@ -19,10 +21,14 @@ install-deps:
 install:
 	sudo $(PIP) install $(WHL_INSTALL)
 
+.PHONY: pkg-deb
+pkg-deb:
+	dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b
+
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
 	sudo $(PIP) uninstall $(VPPCFG)
 
 .PHONY: wipe
 wipe:
-	$(RM) -rf dist $(VPPCFG).egg-info
+	$(RM) -rf $(WIPE)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce02b2f..b6dfc6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ $ make build
 ## Install the tool with PIP
 $ make install
 
-###
-
+## To build & install debian packaging
+$ make pkg-deb
+$ sudo deb -i ../vppcfg_0.0.1_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 ## Running
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d51377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vppcfg (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial public release
+
+ -- Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>  Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11c82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473b85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Source: vppcfg
+Section: python
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python3-all, dh-python
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+
+Package: vppcfg
+Architecture: any
+Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1), python3.8, ${misc:Pre-Depends}
+Depends: python3-netaddr, python3-ipaddr, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: A configuration tool for FD.io VPP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22d2abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild --with systemd
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
diff --git a/debian/vppcfg.service b/debian/vppcfg.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01b55f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/vppcfg.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=vppcfg
+BindsTo=vpp.service
+After=vpp.service
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/vpp/config.yaml
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=vppcfg apply -c /etc/vpp/config.yaml
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 829bc4e..0000000
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-name = "vppcfg"
-version = "0.0.1"
-dependencies = [
-    'requests',
-    'importlib-metadata; python_version<"3.8"',
-]
-
-[project.scripts]
-vppcfg = "vppcfg:vppcfg.main"
-
-[options]
-include_package_data = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20a8a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="vppcfg",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    install_requires=[
+        "requests",
+        'importlib-metadata; python_version == "3.8"',
+        "yamale",
+        "netaddr",
+        "ipaddress",
+        "vpp_papi",
+    ],
+    packages=["vppcfg", "vppcfg/config", "vppcfg/vpp"],
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "vppcfg = vppcfg.vppcfg:main",
+        ]
+    },
+    include_package_data=True,
+)