diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.dirs b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8a4f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/srv/cacert-boardvoting
diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.docs b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b43bf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README.md
diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.examples b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.examples
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd870e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.examples
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config.yaml.example
diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.install b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce81627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cacert-boardvoting /srv/cacert-boardvoting
diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.postinst b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d9c5fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# postinst script for cacert-boardvoting
+#
+# see: dh_installdeb(1)
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure)
+        adduser --system --quiet --home /srv/cacert-boardvoting cacert-boardvoting
+        DATADIR=/srv/cacert-boardvoting/data
+        if [ -d "${DATADIR}" ]; then
+            chown -R cacert-boardvoting "${DATADIR}"
+        else
+            install -d --owner cacert-boardvoting --mode 0700 "${DATADIR}"
+        fi
+    ;;
+
+    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/cacert-boardvoting.service b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad92db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cacert-boardvoting.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CAcert board voting software
+Documentation=file:/usr/share/doc/cacert-boardvoting/README.md.gz
+After=network.target
+ConditionPathExists=/srv/cacert-boardvoting/config.yaml
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/srv/cacert-boardvoting/cacert-boardvoting -config /srv/cacert-boardvoting/config.yaml
+User=cacert-boardvoting
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63786d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cacert-boardvoting (0.5.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial debian package
+
+ -- Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org>  Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:54:34 +0200
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f599e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458c034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Source: cacert-boardvoting
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org>
+Build-Depends: ca-certificates,
+               debhelper (>= 10),
+               git,
+               golang-go (>= 2:1.11~1~),
+               libsqlite3-0
+Standards-Version: 4.3.0
+Homepage: https://git.cacert.org/gitweb/?p=cacert-boardvoting.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://git.cacert.org/gitweb/?p=cacert-boardvoting.git
+Vcs-Git: git://git.cacert.org/cacert-boardvoting.git -b debian
+
+Package: cacert-boardvoting
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: adduser, libsqlite3-0, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: sqlite3
+Description: CAcert board voting software
+ software that provides a web based tool for voting on motions to CAcert
+ commitee members and allows viewing of votes to other CAcert members.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beeb507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: CAcert board voting software
+Upstream-Contact: Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org>
+Source: https://git.cacert.org/gitweb/?p=cacert-boardvoting.git
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2017-2019 Jan Dittberner
+License: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d89d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+upstream-branch = master
+debian-branch   = debian
+upstream-tag    = %(version)s
+pristine-tar    = False
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4351fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
+include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
+
+DEB_VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	GOCACHE=$(CURDIR)/tmp/.cache \
+	GOPATH=$(CURDIR)/tmp/gocode \
+	go get -u -v github.com/shulhan/go-bindata/cmd/go-bindata ; \
+	PATH=$(CURDIR)/tmp/gocode/bin:$(PATH) make GOCACHE=$(CURDIR)/tmp/.cache GOPATH=$(CURDIR)/tmp/gocode VERSION=$(DEB_VERSION)
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)