diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07d2ac9ba..beb2648d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -635,8 +635,14 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "EternalTerminal")
 set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
 
-SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "STGZ;TGZ;TZ;DEB")
+if(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
+  SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "STGZ;TGZ;TZ;DEB")
+endif()
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/postinst;${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/postrm;${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/prerm")
+SET(CPACK_INSTALLED_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/systemctl;/lib/systemd/system" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/etc;/etc")
 SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Unmaintained")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libprotobuf-dev, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libutempter0 (>= 1.1.5)")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "systemd")
 
 # This must always be last!
 include(CPack)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d48ba888..9cbab7209 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Debian/Ubuntu Dependencies:
 ```
 sudo apt install libsodium-dev autoconf libtool \
 	libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libutempter-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
-    build-essential ninja-build cmake git zip
+    build-essential ninja-build cmake git zip pkg-config
 ```
 
 Fetch source, build and install:
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 # For ARM (including OS/X with apple silicon):
 if [[ $(uname -a | grep 'arm\|aarch64') ]]; then export VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1; fi
-cmake ../
+cmake -DCPACK_GENERATOR=DEB ../
 make -j$(nproc) package
 sudo dpkg --install *.deb
 sudo cp ../etc/et.cfg /etc/
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ce9d7525d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1
+if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-deconfigure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-remove" ] ; then
+	# This will only remove masks created by d-s-h on package removal.
+	deb-systemd-helper unmask 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+
+	# was-enabled defaults to true, so new installations run enable.
+	if deb-systemd-helper --quiet was-enabled 'et.service'; then
+		# Enables the unit on first installation, creates new
+		# symlinks on upgrades if the unit file has changed.
+		deb-systemd-helper enable 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+	else
+		# Update the statefile to add new symlinks (if any), which need to be
+		# cleaned up on purge. Also remove old symlinks.
+		deb-systemd-helper update-state 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+	fi
+fi
+# End automatically added section
+# Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1
+if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-deconfigure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-remove" ] ; then
+	if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+		systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
+		if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+			_dh_action=restart
+		else
+			_dh_action=start
+		fi
+		deb-systemd-invoke $_dh_action 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+	fi
+fi
+# End automatically added section
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..676d30ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1
+if [ "$1" = remove ] && [ -d /run/systemd/system ] ; then
+	systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
+fi
+# End automatically added section
+# Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1
+if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
+	if [ -x "/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper" ]; then
+		deb-systemd-helper mask 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then
+	if [ -x "/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper" ]; then
+		deb-systemd-helper purge 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+		deb-systemd-helper unmask 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+	fi
+fi
+# End automatically added section
diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..aceccd45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1
+if [ -z "${DPKG_ROOT:-}" ] && [ "$1" = remove ] && [ -d /run/systemd/system ] ; then
+	deb-systemd-invoke stop 'et.service' >/dev/null || true
+fi
+# End automatically added section