diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efe72ac..61b58ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ bower_components
 report
 .DS_Store
 
+build
 
-bitcore.js
-bitcore.min.js
-bitcore.js.sig
-bitcore.min.js.sig
 tests.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df833fc..cb44232 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "author": "BitPay <dev@bitpay.com>",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha test/** --recursive"
+    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha test/** --recursive",
+    "build-deb": "./scripts/build-deb"
   },
   "bin": {
     "bitcore": "./bin/bitcore",
diff --git a/scripts/build-deb b/scripts/build-deb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f203b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-deb
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+log_title() {
+    local code="\033["
+    local color="${code}1;34m"
+    [ -z "$text" ] && local text="$color$1${code}0m"
+    echo -e "\n$text"
+}
+
+root_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/.."
+
+package_arch="amd64"
+package_version=$(jq -r ".version" "${root_dir}/package.json")
+package_maintainer=$(jq -r ".author" "${root_dir}/package.json")
+package_description=$(jq -r ".description" "${root_dir}/package.json")
+
+deb_dir="${root_dir}/build/bitcore_${package_version}_${package_arch}"
+
+log_title "Making Debian package:\n"
+echo -e "  Name: bitcore"
+echo -e "  Version: ${package_version}"
+echo -e "  Maintainer: ${package_maintainer}"
+echo -e "  Description: ${package_description}"
+echo -e ""
+
+if [ -e "$deb_dir" ]; then rm -rf "$deb_dir"; fi
+
+escape() {
+    sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^|[]/\\&/g' -e 's/&/\\&/g' <<< "$@"
+}
+
+replace_vars() {
+    declare -r file="$1"
+    declare -r target_file="$2"
+
+    sed < "$file" \
+        -e "s/{{ deb_package_version }}/$(escape $package_version)/g" \
+        -e "s/{{ deb_package_description }}/$(escape $package_description)/g" \
+        -e "s/{{ deb_package_maintainer }}/$(escape $package_maintainer)/g" \
+        -e "s/{{ deb_package_arch }}/$(escape $package_arch)/g" \
+        > "$target_file"
+}
+
+log_title "Setting up Debian package:"
+mkdir -vp "$deb_dir/DEBIAN" \
+      "$deb_dir/etc/bitcore" \
+      "$deb_dir/usr/opt/bitcore" \
+      "$deb_dir/usr/bin"
+
+mkdir -vp "$deb_dir/etc/init"
+mkdir -vp "$deb_dir/etc/systemd/system"
+replace_vars "${root_dir}/scripts/debian/control" "$deb_dir/DEBIAN/control"
+replace_vars "${root_dir}/scripts/debian/postinst" "$deb_dir/DEBIAN/postinst"
+replace_vars "${root_dir}/scripts/debian/prerm" "$deb_dir/DEBIAN/prerm"
+replace_vars "${root_dir}/scripts/debian/upstart.conf" "$deb_dir/etc/init/bitcore.conf"
+replace_vars "${root_dir}/scripts/debian/systemd.service" "$deb_dir/etc/systemd/system/bitcore.service"
+chmod -vR 0755 "$deb_dir/DEBIAN/"
+
+log_title "Copying Bitcore"
+
+app_dir="$deb_dir/usr/opt/bitcore/"
+
+rsync -vr "${root_dir}/bin" "${app_dir}"
+chmod -vR 0755 "${app_dir}/bin/bitcore" "${app_dir}/bin/bitcored"
+cp -v "${root_dir}/package.json" "${app_dir}"
+cp -v "${root_dir}/README.md" "${app_dir}"
+cp -v "${root_dir}/index.js" "${app_dir}"
+pushd "${deb_dir}/usr/bin"
+ln -vs "../opt/bitcore/bin/bitcore"
+ln -vs "../opt/bitcore/bin/bitcored"
+popd
+
+log_title "Installing Bitcore Modules"
+pushd "${app_dir}"
+VERIFY_BITCOIN_DOWNLOAD=1 npm install --production
+echo "Cleanup Node.js addon binaries before packaging:"
+find "${app_dir}" -type f -name '*.node' -print -delete
+find "${app_dir}" -type f -name '*.o' -print -delete
+echo "Cleanup intermediate files:"
+rm -v "${deb_dir}/usr/opt/bitcore/node_modules/bitcore-node/bin/bitcoin-0.12.0-linux64.tar.gz"
+npm shrinkwrap --dev
+popd
+
+log_title "Building Debian package"
+dpkg-deb -Z gzip --verbose --build "$deb_dir"
+
+log_title "Signing Debian package"
+dpkg-sig --sign builder "${deb_dir}.deb"
+
+echo -e "Success.\n"
diff --git a/scripts/debian/control b/scripts/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad6825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: bitcore
+Version: {{ deb_package_version }}
+Section: base
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: {{ deb_package_arch }}
+Depends: nodejs, nodejs-legacy, npm, build-essential, libzmq3-dev
+Maintainer: {{ deb_package_maintainer }}
+Description: {{ deb_package_description }}
diff --git a/scripts/debian/postinst b/scripts/debian/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1271c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+# add group
+if ! getent group | grep -q "^bitcore:" ; then
+    echo "Creating system group: bitcore"
+    groupadd --system bitcore
+fi
+
+# add user
+if ! getent passwd | grep -q "^bitcore:"; then
+    echo "Creating bitcore system user"
+    useradd --gid "bitcore" --system -m bitcore
+fi
+
+# build nodejs addons
+cd "/usr/opt/bitcore"
+SKIP_BITCOIN_DOWNLOAD=1 npm rebuild
+
+# setup log directory
+mkdir -p "/var/log/bitcore"
+chown -R bitcore:bitcore "/var/log/bitcore"
+
+# start bitcore
+if hash service 2> /dev/null; then
+    service bitcore start || echo "bitcore could not be registered or started"
+elif hash start 2> /dev/null; then
+    start bitcore || echo "bitcore could not be registered or started"
+elif hash systemctl 2> /dev/null; then
+    {
+        systemctl enable "bitcore.service" && \
+            systemctl start "bitcore.service"
+    } || echo "bitcore could not be registered or started"
+else
+    echo 'Your system does not appear to use upstart or systemd, so bitcore could not be started'
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian/prerm b/scripts/debian/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23bbee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+if hash service 2> /dev/null; then
+    service bitcore stop || echo "bitcore wasn't running!"
+elif hash stop 2> /dev/null; then
+    stop "$service_name" || echo "bitcore wasn't running!"
+elif hash systemctl 2> /dev/null; then
+    systemctl disable "bitcore.service" || echo "bitcore wasn't running!"
+else
+    echo "Your system does not appear to use upstart or systemd, so bitcore could not be stopped"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian/systemd.service b/scripts/debian/systemd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc83ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/systemd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[Unit]
+Description={{ deb_package_description }}
+Requires=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/opt/bitcore
+ExecStart=/usr/opt/bitcore/bin/bitcored
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=15
+User=bitcore
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/bitcore
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown bitcore:bitcore /run/bitcore
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 755 /run/bitcore
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+TimeoutStopSec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/init/bitcored.conf b/scripts/debian/upstart.conf
similarity index 70%
rename from etc/init/bitcored.conf
rename to scripts/debian/upstart.conf
index 99adce8..657f0ab 100644
--- a/etc/init/bitcored.conf
+++ b/scripts/debian/upstart.conf
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ setgid bitcore
 # home dir of the bitcore daemon user
 env HOME=/home/bitcore
 
-# path should include the correct version of node
-env PATH=/home/bitcore/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
-
 respawn
 respawn limit 5 15