diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca0c831..b98ab79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 *.sqlite-journal
 .*.swp
 .idea/
+/debian/*.gz
 /dist/
 /ui/semantic/dist/
 cacert-boardvoting
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index f569718..420c721 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 project_name: cacert-boardvoting
 before:
   hooks:
-    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
     - go mod tidy
+    - sh -c "gzip < README.md > debian/README.md.gz"
 builds:
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=1
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ archives:
   - replacements:
       linux: Linux
       amd64: x86_64
+    format: binary
 checksum:
   name_template: 'checksums.txt'
 snapshot:
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ nfpms:
     package_name: cacert-boardvoting
     file_name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Arch }}"
     maintainer: Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org>
+    section: misc
     formats:
       - deb
     dependencies:
@@ -44,8 +46,10 @@ nfpms:
     priority: optional
     bindir: /srv/cacert-boardvoting
     contents:
-      - src: README.md
-        dst: /usr/share/doc/cacert-boardvoting/README.md
+      - src: debian/README.md.gz
+        dst: /usr/share/doc/cacert-boardvoting/README.md.gz
+      - src: debian/copyright
+        dst: /usr/share/doc/cacert-boardvoting/copyright
       - src: config.yaml.example
         dst: /usr/share/doc/cacert-boardvoting/examples/config.yaml.example
       - src: cacert-boardvoting.service
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dcf085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+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: 2017-2022 Jan Dittberner
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this program except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the Apache License, Version 2.0 can be
+ found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0`