diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e464f4aada..b589501d441 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -166,6 +166,33 @@ xrootd_rpm_fc24:
   except:
     - tags
     - schedules
+    
+xrootd_deb_ubuntu_artful:
+  stage: build:rpm
+  image: ubuntu:artful
+  script:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y git cmake g++ debhelper devscripts equivs gdebi-core
+    - cp -R packaging/debian/ .
+    - mk-build-deps --build-dep debian/control
+    - gdebi -n xrootd-build-deps-depends*.deb
+    - version=`./genversion.sh --print-only`
+    - dch --create -v `echo $version | sed 's/^v\(.*\)/\1/'` --package xrootd --urgency low --distribution artful -M "This package is built and released automatically. For important notices and releases subscribe to our maling lists or visit our website."
+    - dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc -tc --buildinfo-option="-udeb_packages" --changes-option="-udeb_packages"
+    - mkdir ubuntu-artful
+    - cp deb_packages/*.deb ubuntu-artful
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    paths:
+    - ubuntu-artful/
+  tags:
+    - docker-ubuntu
+  only:
+    - master
+    - /^stable-.*$/
+    - tags
+  except:
+    - schedules 
 
 xrootd_tgz_macosx:
   stage: build:rpm
diff --git a/packaging/debian/compat b/packaging/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f599e28b8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aa1f635d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+Source: xrootd
+Maintainer: Jozsef Makai <jozsef.makai@cern.ch>
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), cmake (>=3.3.0), zlib1g-dev, libfuse-dev, python-dev, libssl-dev, libxml2-dev, ncurses-dev, libkrb5-dev, libreadline-dev, libsystemd-dev, selinux-policy-dev, systemd
+Homepage: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd
+Vcs-Git: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd
+
+Package: xrootd-libs
+Architecture: any
+Description: This package contains libraries used by the xrootd servers and clients.
+
+Package: xrootd-devel
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains header files and development libraries for xrootd development.
+
+Package: xrootd-client-libs
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains libraries used by xrootd clients.
+
+Package: xrootd-client-devel
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-devel (=${binary:Version}), xrootd-client-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains header files and development libraries for xrootd client development.
+
+Package: xrootd-client
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-libs (=${binary:Version}), xrootd-client-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains the command line tools used to communicate with xrootd servers.
+
+Package: xrootd-private-devel
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains some private xrootd headers. The use of these headers is strongly discouraged. Backward compatibility between versions is not guaranteed for these headers.
+
+Package: xrootd-server-libs
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-libs (=${binary:Version}), xrootd-client-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains libraries used by xrootd servers.
+
+Package: xrootd-server-devel
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xrootd-devel (=${binary:Version}), xrootd-client-devel (=${binary:Version}), xrootd-server-libs (=${binary:Version})
+Description: This package contains header files and development libraries for xrootd server development.
diff --git a/packaging/debian/copyright b/packaging/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fd5621be2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"Copyright (c) 2005-2012, Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University.\n"
+"Produced under contract DE-AC02-76-SF00515 with the US Department of Energy.      \n"
+"All rights reserved. The copyright holder's institutional names may not be used to\n"
+"endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior     \n"
+"written permission.\n\n"
+"This file is part of the XRootD software suite.                          \n\n"
+"XRootD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms \n"
+"of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software        \n"
+"Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\n"
+"XRootD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;\n"
+"without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  \n"
+"PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.            \nn"
+"You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along    \n"
+"with XRootD in a file called COPYING.LESSER (LGPL license) and file COPYING (GPL  \n"
+"license).  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.\n\n"
+"Prior to September 2nd, 2012 the XRootD software suite was licensed under a\n"
+"modified BSD license (see file COPYING.BSD).  This applies to all code that\n"
+"was in the XRootD git repository prior to that date.\n"
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e6bcbab9b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --builddirectory=build --destdir=deb_packages
+
+override_dh_install:
+	install -D -m 644 packaging/common/client.conf deb_packages/etc/xrootd/client.conf
+	install -D -m 644 packaging/common/client-plugin.conf.example deb_packages/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/client-plugin.conf.example
+	dh_install --sourcedir=deb_packages
diff --git a/packaging/debian/source/format b/packaging/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..163aaf8d82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-devel.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-devel.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..866b9be987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-devel.install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+usr/bin/xrdgsitest
+usr/lib/libXrdCl.so
+usr/lib/libXrdClient.so
+usr/lib/libXrdFfs.so
+usr/lib/libXrdPosix.so
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdgsitest.1*
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdCl
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdClient
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdPosix
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dd151ac0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.install
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+usr/lib/libXrdCl.so.2*
+usr/lib/libXrdClient.so.2*
+usr/lib/libXrdFfs.so.2*
+usr/lib/libXrdPosix.so.2*
+usr/lib/libXrdPosixPreload.so.1*
+usr/lib/libXrdPosixPreload.so
+etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/client-plugin.conf.example
+etc/xrootd/client.conf
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postinst b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postrm b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postrm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client-libs.postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-client.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4ca23ae269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-client.install
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+usr/bin/xprep
+usr/bin/xrd
+usr/bin/xrdadler32
+usr/bin/xrdcopy
+usr/bin/xrdcp
+usr/bin/xrdcp-old
+usr/bin/xrdfs
+usr/bin/xrdgsiproxy
+usr/bin/xrdstagetool
+usr/share/man/man1/xprep.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrd.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdadler32.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdcopy.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdcp.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdcp-old.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdfs.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdgsiproxy.1*
+usr/share/man/man1/xrdstagetool.1*
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-devel.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-devel.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4229915610a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-devel.install
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+usr/bin/xrootd-config
+usr/include/xrootd/XProtocol
+usr/include/xrootd/Xrd
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdCks
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdNet
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdOuc
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdSec
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdSys
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdVersion.hh
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdXml/XrdXmlReader.hh
+usr/lib/libXrdAppUtils.so
+usr/lib/libXrdCrypto.so
+usr/lib/libXrdCryptoLite.so
+usr/lib/libXrdUtils.so
+usr/lib/libXrdXml.so
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dda96e3b054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+usr/lib/libXrdAppUtils.so.1*
+usr/lib/libXrdClProxyPlugin-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdCks*-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdCrypto.so.1*
+usr/lib/libXrdCryptoLite.so.1*
+usr/lib/libXrdCryptossl-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdSec*-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdUtils.so.*
+usr/lib/libXrdXml.so.*
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postint b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postint
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postrm b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postrm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-libs.postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-private-devel.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-private-devel.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78d6c929f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-private-devel.install
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/include/xrootd/private
+usr/lib/libXrdSsiLib.so
+usr/lib/libXrdSsiShMap.so
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-devel.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-devel.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46038fcc7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-devel.install
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdAcc
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdCms
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdFileCache
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdOss
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdSfs
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdXrootd
+usr/include/xrootd/XrdHttp
+usr/lib/libXrdServer.so
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.install b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51379ed2ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.install
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+usr/lib/libXrdBwm-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdPss-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdXrootd-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdFileCache-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdBlacklistDecision-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdHttp-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdN2No2p-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdOssSIgpfsT-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdServer.so.*
+usr/lib/libXrdSsi-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdSsiLib.so.*
+usr/lib/libXrdSsiLog-4.so
+usr/lib/libXrdSsiShMap.so.*
+usr/lib/libXrdThrottle-4.so
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postinst b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postrm b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postrm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2983b531b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/xrootd-server-libs.postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ldconfig