diff --git a/bin/build-debian.sh b/bin/build-debian.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf71aa77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build-debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Packaging debian x64 distribution..."
+
+VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
+
+./node_modules/.bin/electron-installer-debian --config bin/deb-options.json --options.version=${VERSION} --arch amd64
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diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 37339ca49..c19fb5dc6 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ bin/build-mac-x64.sh
 # building X64 linux as the last so electron-rebuild will prepare X64 binaries for local development
 bin/build-linux-x64.sh
 
+# this needs to be run after linux build
+bin/build-debian.sh
+
 bin/build-server.sh
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diff --git a/bin/deb-options.json b/bin/deb-options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9a02348b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/deb-options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "src": "dist/trilium-linux-x64",
+  "dest": "dist/",
+  "name": "trilium",
+  "productName": "Trilium Notes",
+  "genericName": "Note taker",
+  "description": "Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases.",
+  "sections": "misc",
+  "maintainer": "zadam.apps@gmail.com",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/zadam/trilium",
+  "bin": "trilium",
+  "icon": "dist/trilium-linux-x64/icon.png",
+  "categories": [ "Office" ]
+}
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diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index fe18b24bc..066a3c754 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ git push origin $TAG
 bin/build.sh
 
 LINUX_X64_BUILD=trilium-linux-x64-$VERSION.tar.xz
+DEBIAN_X64_BUILD=trilium_$VERSION_amd64.deb
 WINDOWS_X64_BUILD=trilium-windows-x64-$VERSION.zip
 MAC_X64_BUILD=trilium-mac-x64-$VERSION.zip
 SERVER_BUILD=trilium-linux-x64-server-$VERSION.tar.xz
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ github-release release \
 
 echo "Uploading linux x64 build"
 
+github-release upload \
+    --tag $TAG \
+    --name "DEBIAN_X64_BUILD" \
+    --file "dist/DEBIAN_X64_BUILD"
+
+echo "Uploading debian x64 package"
+
 github-release upload \
     --tag $TAG \
     --name "$LINUX_X64_BUILD" \