diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbb103d2..33a9f154 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,13 +137,14 @@ The data are separated to different column families:
 | dash        | 9033                | 9133                     | 8033     | 38333    |
 | ltc         | 9034                | 9134                     | 8034     | 38334    |
 | btg         | 9035                | 9135                     | 8035     | 38335    |
-| eth         | 9036                | 9136                     | 8036     |          |
+| eth         | 9036                | 9136                     | 8036     | 38336*   |
 | etc         | 9037                | 9137                     | 8037     |          |
 | xem         | 9038                | 9138                     | 8038     | 38336    |
 | btc-testnet | 19030               | 19130                    | 18030    | 48330    |
 | bch-testnet | 19031               | 19131                    | 18031    | 48331    |
 | zec-testnet | 19032               | 19132                    | 18032    | 48332    |
-| eth-testnet | 19036               | 19136                    | 18036    |          |
+| eth-ropsten | 19036               | 19136                    | 18036    | 48333*   |
+\* geth listens on this port, however not as zmq service
 
 ## Todo
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/Makefile b/contrib/backends/Makefile
index 8331a7bf..f59747d2 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/backends/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGETS = bitcoin zcash bcash
+TARGETS = bitcoin zcash bcash ethereum
 IMAGE = blockbook-backend-build-deb
 NO_CACHE = false
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/Makefile b/contrib/backends/ethereum/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7a73b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+GETH_VERSION := 1.8.10-eae63c51
+
+all:
+	wget https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-linux-amd64-${GETH_VERSION}.tar.gz
+	tar -xf geth-linux-amd64-${GETH_VERSION}.tar.gz
+	mv geth-linux-amd64-${GETH_VERSION} ethereum
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ethereum
+	rm -f geth-linux-amd64-${GETH_VERSION}.tar.gz*
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/changelog b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0c0c269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ethereum (1.8.10-satoshilabs1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial build
+
+ -- Martin Bohm <martin.bohm@satoshilabs.com>  Thu, 31 May 2018 11:12:13 +0200
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/compat b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec635144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/control b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d1f743e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: ethereum
+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: ethereum-eth
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate
+Description: Satoshilabs packaged ethereum geth server
+
+Package: ethereum-ropsten
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate
+Description: Satoshilabs packaged ethereum geth server
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.conffiles b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.dirs b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abf53edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/data/eth/eth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.install b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb75665c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ethereum/* /opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.logrotate b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ecb953d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/opt/coins/data/eth/eth/eth.log
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        compress
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.postinst b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acbcc05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  configure)
+    if ! id -u ethereum &> /dev/null
+    then
+        useradd --system -M -U ethereum -s /bin/false
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(stat -c '%U' /opt/coins/data/eth/eth)" != "ethereum" ]
+    then
+        chown -R ethereum:ethereum /opt/coins/data/eth/eth
+    fi
+  ;;
+
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.service b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c13f0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-eth.service
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# 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 ethereum-eth.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Ethereum daemon (mainnet)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth/geth --ipcdisable --syncmode full --cache 1024 --datadir /opt/coins/data/eth/eth --port 38336 --ws --wsaddr 0.0.0.0 --wsport 8036 --wsorigins * 2>>/opt/coins/data/eth/eth/eth.log'
+User=ethereum
+Type=simple
+Restart=on-failure
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth
+
+# 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/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.conffiles b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.dirs b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdac20f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/data/eth-ropsten/eth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.install b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ced5fdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ethereum/* /opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth-ropsten
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.logrotate b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f253afec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/opt/coins/data/eth/eth-ropsten/eth.log
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        compress
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.postinst b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b509afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  configure)
+    if ! id -u ethereum &> /dev/null
+    then
+        useradd --system -M -U ethereum -s /bin/false
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(stat -c '%U' /opt/coins/data/eth-ropsten/eth)" != "ethereum" ]
+    then
+        chown -R ethereum:ethereum /opt/coins/data/eth-ropsten/eth
+    fi
+  ;;
+
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.service b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7eb55cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/ethereum-ropsten.service
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# 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 ethereum-ropsten.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Ethereum daemon (ropsten testnet)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth-ropsten/geth --ipcdisable --testnet --cache 1024 --datadir /opt/coins/data/eth-ropsten/eth --port 48333 --ws --wsaddr 0.0.0.0 --wsport 18036 --wsorigins * 2>>/opt/coins/data/eth-ropsten/eth/eth.log'
+User=ethereum
+Type=simple
+Restart=on-failure
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/coins/nodes/ethereum/eth-ropsten/
+
+# 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/ethereum/debian/rules b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..12271a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/ethereum/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with=systemd
+
+override_dh_strip:
+
+override_dh_systemd_start:
+	dh_systemd_start --no-start
+
+override_dh_installinit: