diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d50b770a109b7aae3eefebc71627598d5605a0cb..0f541939dab0ce863afcf371f217a2d6fffc396c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ LFLAGS = -Wall $(DEBUG)
 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
+
 clean:
 	\rm  fanout
 
diff --git a/debian/fanout.default b/debian/fanout.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c7526bd2de33e9e5b8bd018e24561b984ccdac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/fanout.default
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+# 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"
diff --git a/debian/fanout.init b/debian/fanout.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9fae666aec051083a9e44e331bc212d307ad982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/fanout.init
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:		fanout
+# Required-Start:	$remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:	$remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:	2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:		
+# Short-Description:	Fanout SparkleShare pubsub server
+### END INIT INFO
+
+set -e
+
+SERVICE=fanout
+DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/$SERVICE
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$SERVICE.pid
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+umask 022
+
+if test -f /etc/default/$SERVICE; then
+    . /etc/default/$SERVICE
+fi
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+    FANOUT_OPTS="$FANOUT_OPTS $2"
+fi
+
+export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	log_daemon_msg "Starting Fanout server" "fanout" || true
+	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $FANOUT_OPTS; then
+	    log_end_msg 0 || true
+	else
+	    log_end_msg 1 || true
+	fi
+	;;
+
+  stop)
+	log_daemon_msg "Stopping Fanout server" "fanout" || true
+	if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE; then
+	    log_end_msg 0 || true
+	else
+	    log_end_msg 1 || true
+	fi
+	;;
+
+  restart)
+	log_daemon_msg "Restarting Fanout server" "fanout" || true
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile $PIDFILE
+	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $FANOUT_OPTS; then
+	    log_end_msg 0 || true
+	else
+	    log_end_msg 1 || true
+	fi
+	;;
+
+  status)
+	status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $SERVICE && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
+
+  *)
+	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/$SERVICE {start|stop|restart|status}" || true
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit 0