diff --git a/contrib/backends/Makefile b/contrib/backends/Makefile
index 2862f19e..be61a88e 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/backends/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGETS = bitcoin zcash bcash ethereum bgold dash litecoin dogecoin
+TARGETS = bitcoin zcash bcash ethereum bgold dash litecoin dogecoin namecoin
 IMAGE = blockbook-backend-build-deb
 NO_CACHE = false
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/Makefile b/contrib/backends/namecoin/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b5d7498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+NAMECOIN_VERSION := 0.13.99
+
+all:
+	wget https://namecoin.org/files/namecoin-core-${NAMECOIN_VERSION}-name-tab-beta1-notreproduced/namecoin-${NAMECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+	tar -xf namecoin-${NAMECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+	mv namecoin-${NAMECOIN_VERSION} namecoin
+	rm namecoin/bin/namecoin-qt
+	rm namecoin/bin/test_namecoin*
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf namecoin
+	rm -f namecoin-${NAMECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.conffiles b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..723eb4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.conffiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/nodes/namecoin/namecoin.conf
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.dirs b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5a2195f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.install b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..099e6621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+namecoin/* /opt/coins/nodes/namecoin
+namecoin.conf /opt/coins/nodes/namecoin
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.logrotate b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3e59529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend/debug.log
+/opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend/db.log
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        compress
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.postinst b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2eae5e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  configure)
+    if ! id -u namecoin &> /dev/null
+    then
+        useradd --system -M -U namecoin -s /bin/false
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(stat -c '%U' /opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend)" != "namecoin" ]
+    then
+        chown -R namecoin:namecoin /opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend
+    fi
+  ;;
+
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.service b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dd79fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/backend-namecoin.service
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# It is not recommended to modify this file in-place, because it will
+# be overwritten during package upgrades. If you want to add further
+# options or overwrite existing ones then use
+# $ systemctl edit namecoin.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+# Note that almost all daemon options could be specified in
+# /opt/coins/nodes/namecoin/namecoin.conf
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Namecoin daemon (mainnet)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/opt/coins/nodes/namecoin/bin/namecoind -datadir=/opt/coins/data/namecoin/backend -conf=/opt/coins/nodes/namecoin/namecoin.conf -pid=/run/namecoind/namecoin.pid
+# Creates /run/namecoind owned by namecoin
+RuntimeDirectory=namecoind
+User=namecoin
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/namecoind/namecoin.pid
+Restart=on-failure
+
+# Resource limits
+LimitNOFILE=500000
+
+# Hardening measures
+####################
+
+# Provide a private /tmp and /var/tmp.
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+# Mount /usr, /boot/ and /etc read-only for the process.
+ProtectSystem=full
+
+# Disallow the process and all of its children to gain
+# new privileges through execve().
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+
+# Use a new /dev namespace only populated with API pseudo devices
+# such as /dev/null, /dev/zero and /dev/random.
+PrivateDevices=true
+
+# Deny the creation of writable and executable memory mappings.
+# MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/changelog b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50f2bb4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namecoin (0.13.99-satoshilabs1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial build
+
+ -- Martin Bohm <martin.bohm@satoshilabs.com>  Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:12:13 +0200
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/compat b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec635144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/control b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4726da03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Source: namecoin
+Section: satoshilabs
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: martin.bohm@satoshilabs.com
+Build-Depends: debhelper, wget, tar, gzip, make, dh-systemd, dh-exec
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+
+Package: backend-namecoin
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate
+Description: Satoshilabs packaged namecoin server
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/rules b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f69489df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with=systemd
+
+override_dh_systemd_start:
+	dh_systemd_start --no-start
+
+override_dh_installinit:
diff --git a/contrib/backends/namecoin/namecoin.conf b/contrib/backends/namecoin/namecoin.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d33f9cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/namecoin/namecoin.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+daemon=1
+server=1
+nolisten=1
+rpcuser=rpc
+rpcpassword=rpc
+rpcport=8039
+txindex=1
+whitelist=127.0.0.1
+upnp=0
+discover=0
+
+zmqpubhashtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:38339
+zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:38339
+
+rpcworkqueue=1100
+maxmempool=2000
+dbcache=1000
+
+