diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d60a7e27c..4fa213df6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -340,3 +340,8 @@ endforeach ()
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pkgconfig.in libosrm.pc @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libosrm.pc DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
+
+if(BUILD_DEBIAN_PACKAGE)
+  include(CPackDebianConfig)
+  include(CPack)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/CPackDebianConfig.cmake b/cmake/CPackDebianConfig.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065c42900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CPackDebianConfig.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+IF(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot configure CPack to generate Debian packages on non-linux systems.")
+ENDIF()
+
+INCLUDE(FindDebArch)
+
+SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENCE.TXT")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README}")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "4")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "3")
+
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
+
+string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" LOWER_PROJECT_NAME)
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${LOWER_PROJECT_NAME}_${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
+SET(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${LOWER_PROJECT_NAME}_${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}_orig")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM).")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is a routing engine.")
+
+# To create a proper Debian/Ubuntu package, the following CMake
+# options should be used:
+
+SET(CPACK_STRIP_FILES "TRUE")
+SET(CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY "FALSE")
+SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
+
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME        "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION     "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}${CPACK_PACKAGE_REVISION}")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER  "Dennis Luxen <info@project-osrm.org>")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY    "optional")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION     "devel")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is a high-performance routing engine.
+  It combines sophisticated routing algorithms with the open and free data of the OpenStreetMap."
+)
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS     "libc6-dev, libprotobuf-dev, libosmpbf-dev, libbz2-1.0, libstxxl1, libxml2, libzip2, liblua5.1-0, libtbb2, libboost-all-dev")
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE ProfileGlob ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/profiles/*)
+install(FILES ${ProfileGlob} DESTINATION "share/doc/${LOWER_PROJECT_NAME}/profiles")
+CONFIGURE_FILE (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/postinst.in postinst)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/postinst;${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/copyright;")
+
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Debian Package: ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME} (${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION}) [${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.deb]")
diff --git a/cmake/FindDebArch.cmake b/cmake/FindDebArch.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b405bc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindDebArch.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013	Emmanuel Roullit <emmanuel.roullit@gmail.com>
+#
+
+IF(NOT CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE)
+  FIND_PROGRAM(DPKG_CMD dpkg)
+  IF(NOT DPKG_CMD)
+    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND uname -p
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Can not find dpkg in your path, default to uname -p: ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.")
+  ELSE(NOT DPKG_CMD)
+    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "${DPKG_CMD}" --print-architecture
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+  ENDIF(NOT DPKG_CMD)
+ENDIF(NOT CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE)
diff --git a/cmake/postinst.in b/cmake/postinst.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92f2fde4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/postinst.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#/usr/bin/env bash
+ln -s /usr/share/doc/@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@/profiles/car.lua @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/profile.lua