diff --git a/make-deb.sh b/make-deb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1592d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-deb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+PRJ_ROOT=$(dirname $(cd "$(dirname $0)"; pwd))
+PREFIX=cryptobox
+
+[ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ] && echo "Syntax: `basename $0` VERSION" && echo && exit 1
+REL_SRC_DIR=${PREFIX}-${1}
+[ $# -eq 2 ] && REL_SRC_DIR=$2
+SRC_DIR=$(cd "$(pwd)/$REL_SRC_DIR"; pwd)
+[ ! -d "$SRC_DIR" ] && echo "the directory '$REL_SRC_DIR' does not exist!" && exit 2
+
+# create the tar file
+"$(dirname $0)/make-tar.sh" "$@"
+
+TAR_FILE=$PRJ_ROOT/tags/packages/${PREFIX}-${1}.tar.gz
+DEB_DIR=$(dirname "$TAR_FILE")/debian
+
+TMP_DIR=/tmp/builddir-$PREFIX-$$
+
+mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"
+cd "$TMP_DIR"
+NEW_TAR_FILE=${PREFIX}_${1}.orig.tar.gz
+cp "$TAR_FILE" "$NEW_TAR_FILE"
+tar xzf "$TAR_FILE"
+cd "$PREFIX-$1"
+svn export "$SRC_DIR/debian" debian
+debuild -us -uc
+mkdir -p "$DEB_DIR"
+mv "$TMP_DIR"/${PREFIX}*.deb "$DEB_DIR"
+
diff --git a/make-tar.sh b/make-tar.sh
index 638161e..c24c75b 100755
--- a/make-tar.sh
+++ b/make-tar.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 set -eu
 
 PRJ_ROOT=$(dirname $(cd "$(dirname $0)"; pwd))
-
 PREFIX=cryptobox
 
 [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ] && echo "Syntax: `basename $0` VERSION" && echo && exit 1
-SRC_DIR=${PREFIX}-${1}
-[ $# -eq 2 ] && SRC_DIR=$2
-[ ! -d "$SRC_DIR" ] && echo "the directory '$SRC_DIR' does not exist!" && exit 2
+REL_SRC_DIR=${PREFIX}-${1}
+[ $# -eq 2 ] && REL_SRC_DIR=$2
+SRC_DIR=$(cd "$(pwd)/$REL_SRC_DIR"; pwd)
+[ ! -d "$SRC_DIR" ] && echo "the directory '$REL_SRC_DIR' does not exist!" && exit 2
+
+TAR_FILE=$PRJ_ROOT/tags/packages/${PREFIX}-${1}.tar.gz
 
 TMP_DIR=/tmp/${PREFIX}-${1}
 [ -e "$TMP_DIR" ] && rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"