diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f541939dab0ce863afcf371f217a2d6fffc396c..7617bc52b7a173875299519237ecfd34f3dd1b8f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,19 +4,16 @@ CC = gcc
 DEBUG = -g
 CFLAGS = -Wall -c $(DEBUG)
 LFLAGS = -Wall $(DEBUG)
+DESTDIR = /
 
 .PHONY : $(OBJS)
 
 fanout : fanout.c
 	$(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o $(PROJ) fanout.c
 
-debian-install:
-	-groupadd -f fanout
-	-useradd -g fanout -d /var/run/fanout -m -s /bin/false fanout
-	cp fanout /usr/local/bin
-	cp debian/fanout.init /etc/init.d/fanout
-	cp debian/fanout.default /etc/default/fanout
+install:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin
+	cp fanout $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/fanout
 
 clean:
-	\rm  fanout
-
+	test \! -f fanout || rm fanout
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8bef18f66550d9dfadc85e47534f13e0656074d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fanout (0.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- MAINTAINER <elliot.kendall@gmail.com>  Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:06:41 -0700
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bbea912b1d8eb63dc6d2fcf224abe3a60c79505a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Source: fanout
+Maintainer: Elliot Kendall <elliot.kendall@gmail.com>
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
+
+Package: fanout
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: simple pubsub server
+ fanout is a simple pubsub server
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba31e1e8ab4a737d3ce2400e6973b13a98e39def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Travis Glenn Hansen
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/debian/fanout.default b/debian/fanout.default
index 3c7526bd2de33e9e5b8bd018e24561b984ccdac4..5f95c5efdb066dfbcb16fac5ff55bbc6f789e94d 100644
--- a/debian/fanout.default
+++ b/debian/fanout.default
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Default settings for fanout server
 
 # Options to pass to fanout
-FANOUT_OPTS="--daemon --pidfile=/var/run/fanout.pid --run-as=fanout:fanout --logfile=/var/log/fanout.log --debug-level=2"
+FANOUT_OPTS="--daemon --pidfile=/var/run/fanout.pid --run-as=fanout:fanout --logfile=/var/log/fanout/fanout.log --debug-level=2"
diff --git a/debian/fanout.dirs b/debian/fanout.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db5f95940b48042f49932d5a5db80eb4b9590667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/fanout.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/log/fanout
diff --git a/debian/fanout.init b/debian/fanout.init
index b9fae666aec051083a9e44e331bc212d307ad982..1d7dfc3138bfa32fcf578c2cbb304bcc1555b501 100755
--- a/debian/fanout.init
+++ b/debian/fanout.init
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 set -e
 
 SERVICE=fanout
-DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/$SERVICE
+DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$SERVICE
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$SERVICE.pid
 
 test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e696c370045d91fe41ffd326f232701276c72bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+groupadd -f fanout
+useradd -g fanout -d /var/run/fanout -m -s /bin/false fanout
+chown fanout:fanout /var/log/fanout
diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a93b53f88a78749817779756a02218cb995d6a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/etc/init.d/fanout stop
+userdel fanout
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65783e509314036e30030d48da5d6d25c34fd1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+%:
+	dh $@
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$$(pwd)/debian/fanout install
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..163aaf8d82b6c54f23c45f32895dbdfdcc27b047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)