{
  pkgs,
  hostSystem,
  releaseName,
  buildNumber ? "1",
  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: ${releaseName}-${buildNumber}
    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";
  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_${releaseName}-${buildNumber}_${debArch}.deb
  '';
  installPhase = ''
    mkdir -p "$out"
    cp *.deb "$out"
  '';
}