diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7ebdb6963..089ca8d78 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ ENV DEV_ENV_HAS_TOOLCHAIN=yes
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/emulator
 
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM cartesi/toolchain:0.17.0-rv64ima-lp64 as debian-source-package
+WORKDIR /usr/src/emulator
+COPY debian debian
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt build-dep --no-install-recommends -y .
+COPY . .
+RUN dch -v `make -s version` "Release `make -s version`" && \
+    dpkg-buildpackage
+
 FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM linux-env as dep-builder
 
 COPY Makefile .
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef9bff99f..aa4d7228e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ build-emulator-tests-builder-image: build-emulator-builder-image
 build-debian-package:
 	docker build $(DOCKER_PLATFORM) --target debian-packager --build-arg RELEASE=$(release) --build-arg COVERAGE=$(coverage) --build-arg SANITIZE=$(sanitize) --build-arg MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION=$(MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION) -t $(DEBIAN_IMG) -f Dockerfile .
 
+build-debian-source-package:
+	docker build $(DOCKER_PLATFORM) --target debian-source-package --build-arg MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION=$(MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION) -t $(DEBIAN_IMG) -f Dockerfile .
+
 build-tests-debian-packages: build-emulator-builder-image
 	docker build $(DOCKER_PLATFORM) --target tests-debian-packager --build-arg MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION=$(MACHINE_EMULATOR_VERSION) --build-arg TAG=$(TAG) -t cartesi/machine-emulator:tests-debian-packager -f tests/Dockerfile .
 	$(MAKE) copy-tests-debian-packages
diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acdf6f978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.debhelper/
+cartesi-machine-emulator-dev.substvars
+cartesi-machine-emulator-dev/
+cartesi-machine-emulator-docs.docs
+cartesi-machine-emulator0.substvars
+cartesi-machine-emulator0/
+debhelper-build-stamp
+files
+tmp/
diff --git a/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator-dev.install b/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator-dev.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae4e32c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator-dev.install
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+usr/bin/*
+usr/include/*
+usr/lib/*.a
+usr/share/*
diff --git a/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator0.install b/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator0.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..727e496fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator0.install
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/lib/*.so
+usr/lib/lua/5.4/*.so
+usr/lib/lua/5.4/cartesi/*.so
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..677699da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cartesi-machine-emulator (0.17.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- root <root@unknown>  Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:09:11 +0000
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe83ade95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Source: cartesi-machine-emulator
+Section: libs
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: root <root@unknown>
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ devscripts,
+ libboost1.81-dev,
+ liblua5.4-dev,
+ libslirp-dev,
+ wget,
+ xxd,
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2
+Homepage: https://cartesi.io
+#Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator
+#Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cartesi-machine-emulator.git
+
+Package: cartesi-machine-emulator-dev
+Section: libdevel
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends:
+ cartesi-machine-emulator0 (= ${binary:Version}),
+ lua5.4,
+ ${misc:Depends},
+Description: <insert up to 60 chars description>
+ <Insert long description, indented with spaces.>
+
+Package: cartesi-machine-emulator0
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends:
+ ${shlibs:Depends},
+ ${misc:Depends},
+Description: <insert up to 60 chars description>
+ <Insert long description, indented with spaces.>
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4940d0f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export DEV_ENV_HAS_TOOLCHAIN=yes
+
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89ae9db8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index caf7c43f8..537c0a11e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ dependencies.sha256:
 	@shasum -a 256 $(BUILDDIR)/images/* > $@
 
 clean:
-	@$(MAKE) -C ../third-party/riscv-arch-test/riscv-target/cartesi clean
+	@D=../third-party/riscv-arch-test/riscv-target/cartesi; \
+		if [ -d $$D ]; then $(MAKE) -C $$D clean; fi
 	@$(MAKE) -C misc clean
 	@rm -f *.profdata *.profraw *.gcda *.gcov
 	@rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)