diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/control b/debian/DEBIAN/control
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/control
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+Package: cow-proxy
+Version: __version__
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: __arch__
+Depends: sudo
+Installed-Size: __size__
+Maintainer: zcchen <chen.bill.bill@gmail.com>
+Description: COW proxy, Cross Over the Wall
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/postinst b/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
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+echo "Please copy the example config file "
+echo "        from /usr/share/doc/cow-proxy/rc"
+echo '        to ${HOME}/.cow/rc'
diff --git a/debian/lib/systemd/system/cow-proxy@.service b/debian/lib/systemd/system/cow-proxy@.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81b5c466
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+++ b/debian/lib/systemd/system/cow-proxy@.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=COW proxy for user %i
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+User=%i
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/cow-proxy
+
+[Install]
+Alias=multi-user.target.wants/cow-proxy@%i.service
diff --git a/debian/makedeb.sh b/debian/makedeb.sh
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index 00000000..54445fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/makedeb.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+version=0.9.8
+os="linux"
+
+arch=`uname -m`
+case $arch in
+    "x86_64")
+        arch="64"
+        ;;
+    "i386" | "i586" | "i486" | "i686")
+        arch="32"
+        ;;
+    "armv5tel" | "armv6l" | "armv7l")
+        features=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Features`
+        if [[ ! "$features" =~ "vfp" ]]; then
+            #arm without vfp must use GOARM=5 binary
+            #see https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoArm
+            arch="-armv5tel"
+        else
+            arch="-$arch"
+        fi
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "$arch currently has no precompiled binary"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+tmpdir=`mktemp -d /tmp/cow.XXXXXX`
+configdir=$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/cow-proxy
+bindir=$tmpdir/usr/bin/
+mkdir -m 755 -p $bindir
+cp -R $BASEDIR/lib $tmpdir
+cp -R $BASEDIR/DEBIAN $tmpdir
+tmpbin=$bindir/cow-proxy
+
+clean_tmp()
+{
+    echo "Cleaning the directories like /tmp/cow.*"
+    cmd="rm -rf /tmp/cow.*"
+    echo ${cmd}
+    ${cmd}
+}
+
+exit_on_fail() {
+    if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+        echo $1
+        clean_tmp
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+__download()
+{
+    curl -L $1 -o $2 || \exit_on_fail $3
+    #wget $1 -O $2 || \exit_on_fail $3
+}
+
+download_bin()
+{
+    bin=cow-$os$arch-$version
+    binary_url="https://github.com/cyfdecyf/cow/releases/download/$version/$bin.gz"
+
+    echo "Downloading cow binary $binary_url to $tmpbin.gz"
+    __download "$binary_url" $tmpbin.gz "Downloading cow binary failed"
+    gunzip $tmpbin.gz || exit_on_fail "gunzip $tmpbin.gz failed"
+    chmod +x $tmpbin ||
+        exit_on_fail "Can't chmod for $tmpbin"
+}
+
+download_config()
+{
+    doc_base="https://raw.github.com/cyfdecyf/cow/$version/doc"
+    is_update=true
+    if [ ! -e $configdir ]; then
+        is_update=false
+        sample_config_base="${doc_base}/sample-config"
+        echo "Downloading sample config file to $configdir"
+        mkdir -m 755 -p $configdir || exit_on_fail "Can't create $configdir directory"
+        for f in rc; do
+            echo "Downloading $sample_config_base/$f to $configdir/$f"
+            __download "$sample_config_base/$f" $configdir/$f "Downloading sample config file $f failed"
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+make_deb()
+{
+    size=`du $tmpdir/lib $tmpdir/usr -ca |tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'`
+    arch=`dpkg --print-architecture`
+    sed -i "s/__version__/$version/" $tmpdir/DEBIAN/control
+    sed -i "s/__arch__/$arch/" $tmpdir/DEBIAN/control
+    sed -i "s/__size__/$size/" $tmpdir/DEBIAN/control
+    chmod -R 755 $tmpdir/
+    chmod 644 $tmpdir/lib/systemd/system/*
+    chmod 644 $tmpdir/usr/share/doc/cow-proxy/*
+    dpkg -b $tmpdir /tmp/ || \
+        exit_on_fail "making deb failed."
+}
+
+download_bin
+download_config
+make_deb
+clean_tmp
+
+echo ""
+echo "cow-proxy_${arch}_${version}.deb is made."
+echo "Please run the following command to install it."
+echo "    sudo dpkg -i /tmp/cow-proxy_${arch}_${version}.deb'"