diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index fc9fbf5..5064b2a 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -168,5 +168,11 @@ in rec {
       pkgs = pkgsNative;
       appDir = appDir { systemRoot = "/"; };
     });
+
+    debPkg = ((import ./dist/linux/deb) {
+      inherit hostSystem releaseName;
+      pkgs = pkgsNative;
+      appDir = appDir { systemRoot = "/"; };
+    });
   };
 }
diff --git a/dist/linux/arch/default.nix b/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
index ef2867e..e3ad985 100644
--- a/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
+++ b/dist/linux/arch/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     pkgname=isle
     pkgver=${builtins.replaceStrings ["-"] ["_"] releaseName}
     pkgrel=0
-    pkgdesc="The foundation for an autonomous community cloud infrastructure."
+    pkgdesc="The foundation for an autonomous community cloud infrastructure"
     arch=('${cpuArch}')
     url="https://code.betamike.com/micropelago/isle"
     license=('AGPL-3.0-or-later')
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
     }
   '';
 
+  linuxRoot = (import ../default.nix).buildRoot {
+    inherit pkgs appDir;
+  };
+
 in
   pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "isle-arch-pkg-${releaseName}-${cpuArch}";
@@ -37,30 +41,13 @@ in
     ];
 
     inherit pkgbuild;
-    src = appDir;
-    defaultDaemonYml = ../../../go/daemon/daecommon/daemon.yml;
-    systemdService = ../isle.service;
+    src = linuxRoot;
     dontUnpack = true;
 
     buildPhase = ''
-      cp -rL "$src" root
-      chmod -R +w root
-
-      mkdir -p root/etc/isle/
-      cp "$defaultDaemonYml" root/etc/isle/daemon.yml
-
-      mkdir -p root/usr/lib/sysusers.d/
-      cat >root/usr/lib/sysusers.d/isle.conf <<EOF
-      u isle - "isle Daemon"
-      EOF
-
-      mkdir -p root/usr/lib/systemd/system
-      cp "$systemdService" root/usr/lib/systemd/system/isle.service
-
+      tar -cf src.tar.zst --zstd --mode=a+rX,u+w -C "$src" .
       cp $pkgbuild PKGBUILD
 
-      tar -cf src.tar.zst --zstd --mode=a+rX,u+w -C root .
-
       PKGEXT=".pkg.tar.zst" CARCH="${cpuArch}" makepkg \
         --nodeps \
         --config ${pkgs.pacman}/etc/makepkg.conf
diff --git a/dist/linux/deb/default.nix b/dist/linux/deb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f7e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/linux/deb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  hostSystem,
+  releaseName,
+  appDir,
+}: let
+
+  debArch = builtins.getAttr hostSystem {
+    "x86_64-linux" = "amd64";
+    "aarch64-linux" = "arm64";
+    "armv6l-linux" = "armhf";
+    "i686-linux" = "i386";
+  };
+
+  control = pkgs.writeTextDir "DEBIAN/control" ''
+    Package: isle
+    Version: ${releaseName}
+    Section: net
+    Priority: optional
+    Architecture: ${debArch}
+    Maintainer: Brian Picciano <me@mediocregopher.com>
+    Description: The foundation for an autonomous community cloud infrastructure
+    Homepage: https://code.betamike.com/micropelago/isle
+  '';
+
+  postinst = pkgs.writeTextDir "DEBIAN/postinst" ''
+    #!/bin/sh
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemd-sysusers /usr/lib/sysusers.d/isle.conf
+  '';
+
+  postrm = pkgs.writeTextDir "DEBIAN/postrm" ''
+    #!/bin/sh
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+  '';
+
+  linuxRoot = (import ../default.nix).buildRoot {
+    inherit pkgs appDir;
+  };
+
+  root = pkgs.buildEnv {
+    name = "isle-deb-pkg-root";
+    paths = [
+      linuxRoot
+      control
+      postinst
+      postrm
+    ];
+  };
+
+in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "isle-deb-pkg-${releaseName}-${debArch}";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.zstd
+    pkgs.dpkg
+  ];
+  src = root;
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cp -rL "$src" root
+    chmod +w -R root
+    chmod +x root/DEBIAN/post*
+
+    dpkg-deb \
+      --root-owner-group \
+      -Z zstd \
+      -b root isle_${releaseName}_${debArch}.deb
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"
+    cp *.deb "$out"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/dist/linux/default.nix b/dist/linux/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9435d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/linux/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    buildRoot = { pkgs, appDir}: pkgs.runCommand "isle-linux-root" {} ''
+      mkdir -p "$out"
+      cp -r ${appDir}/usr "$out"/
+      chmod +w -R "$out"/usr
+
+      mkdir -p "$out"/etc/isle
+      cp "${../../go/daemon/daecommon/daemon.yml}" "$out"/etc/isle/daemon.yml
+
+      mkdir -p "$out"/usr/lib/sysusers.d/
+      cat >"$out"/usr/lib/sysusers.d/isle.conf <<EOF
+      u isle - "isle Daemon"
+      EOF
+
+      mkdir -p "$out"/usr/lib/systemd/system
+      cp "${./isle.service}" "$out"/usr/lib/systemd/system/isle.service
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 172f33d..61dd8b3 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@
 
     appImage = build.appImage;
     archPkg = build.archPkg;
+    debPkg = build.debPkg;
 
     builder = builtins.toFile "build.sh" ''
       source $stdenv/setup
 
       mkdir -p "$out"/
       cp "$appImage"/bin/isle "$out"/isle-$releaseName-$hostSystem.AppImage
-      cp "$archPkg"/*.tar.zst "$out"/isle-$releaseName-$hostSystem.pkg.tar.zst
+      cp "$archPkg"/* "$out"/
+      cp "$debPkg"/* "$out"/
     '';
   };