diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/Makefile b/contrib/backends/litecoin/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3df13fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+LITECOIN_VERSION := 0.16.0
+
+all:
+	wget https://download.litecoin.org/litecoin-${LITECOIN_VERSION}/linux/litecoin-${LITECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+	tar -xf litecoin-${LITECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+	mv litecoin-${LITECOIN_VERSION} litecoin
+	rm litecoin/bin/litecoin-qt
+	rm litecoin/bin/test_litecoin
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf litecoin
+	rm -f litecoin-${LITECOIN_VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.conffiles b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e00ded9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.conffiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet/litecoin_testnet.conf
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.dirs b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60844601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.install b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a78b7e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+litecoin/* /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet
+litecoin_testnet.conf /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.logrotate b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a380acfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend/testnet3/debug.log
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend/testnet3/db.log
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        compress
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.postinst b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e323208b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  configure)
+    if ! id -u litecoin &> /dev/null
+    then
+        useradd --system -M -U litecoin -s /bin/false
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(stat -c '%U' /opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend)" != "litecoin" ]
+    then
+        chown -R litecoin:litecoin /opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend
+    fi
+  ;;
+
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.service b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd2ddaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin-testnet.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 litecoin-testnet.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+# Note that almost all daemon options could be specified in
+# /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet/litecoin_testnet.conf
+
+[Unit]
+Description=litecoin daemon (testnet)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet/bin/litecoind -datadir=/opt/coins/data/litecoin_testnet/backend -conf=/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin_testnet/litecoin_testnet.conf -pid=/run/litecoind/litecoin_testnet.pid
+# Creates /run/litecoind owned by litecoin
+RuntimeDirectory=litecoind
+User=litecoin
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/litecoind/litecoin_testnet.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/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.conffiles b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9808ed97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.conffiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin/litecoin.conf
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.dirs b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eae2c1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.install b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a70cf18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+litecoin/* /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin
+litecoin.conf /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.logrotate b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70ac2c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend/debug.log
+/opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend/db.log
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        compress
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.postinst b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f612fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  configure)
+    if ! id -u litecoin &> /dev/null
+    then
+        useradd --system -M -U litecoin -s /bin/false
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(stat -c '%U' /opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend)" != "litecoin" ]
+    then
+        chown -R litecoin:litecoin /opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend
+    fi
+  ;;
+
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.service b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d825703b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/backend-litecoin.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 litecoin.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+# Note that almost all daemon options could be specified in
+# /opt/coins/nodes/litecoin/litecoin.conf
+
+[Unit]
+Description=litecoin daemon (mainnet)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin/bin/litecoind -datadir=/opt/coins/data/litecoin/backend -conf=/opt/coins/nodes/litecoin/litecoin.conf -pid=/run/litecoind/litecoin.pid
+# Creates /run/litecoind owned by litecoin
+RuntimeDirectory=litecoind
+User=litecoin
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/litecoind/litecoin.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/litecoin/debian/changelog b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0fb2d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+litecoin (0.16.0-satoshilabs1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial build
+
+ -- Martin Bohm <martin.bohm@satoshilabs.com>  Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:12:13 +0200
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/compat b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec635144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/control b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5868d2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: litecoin
+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-litecoin
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate
+Description: Satoshilabs packaged litecoin server
+
+Package: backend-litecoin-testnet
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate
+Description: Satoshilabs packaged litecoin server
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/rules b/contrib/backends/litecoin/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f69489df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/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/litecoin/litecoin.conf b/contrib/backends/litecoin/litecoin.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2f3c4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/litecoin.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+daemon=1
+server=1
+nolisten=1
+rpcuser=rpc
+rpcpassword=rpc
+rpcport=8034
+txindex=1
+whitelist=127.0.0.1
+rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
+
+zmqpubhashtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:38334
+zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:38334
+
+rpcworkqueue=1100
+maxmempool=2000
+dbcache=1000
+
+
diff --git a/contrib/backends/litecoin/litecoin_testnet.conf b/contrib/backends/litecoin/litecoin_testnet.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4671d80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/litecoin/litecoin_testnet.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+daemon=1
+server=1
+testnet=1
+nolisten=1
+rpcuser=rpc
+rpcpassword=rpc
+rpcport=18033
+txindex=1
+
+zmqpubhashtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:48333
+zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:48333
+
+rpcworkqueue=1100
+maxmempool=2000
+dbcache=1000