diff --git a/miniupnpc/.gitignore b/miniupnpc/.gitignore
index f0340b3..fdf6d59 100644
--- a/miniupnpc/.gitignore
+++ b/miniupnpc/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+deb_dist/
 build/
 *.o
 *.a
diff --git a/miniupnpc/Makefile b/miniupnpc/Makefile
index 27e8303..15603d1 100644
--- a/miniupnpc/Makefile
+++ b/miniupnpc/Makefile
@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@ jnaerator-0.9.3.jar:
 jar: $(SHAREDLIBRARY)  $(JNAERATOR)
 	$(JAVA) -jar $(JNAERATOR) -library miniupnpc miniupnpc.h declspec.h upnpcommands.h upnpreplyparse.h igd_desc_parse.h miniwget.h upnperrors.h $(SHAREDLIBRARY) -package fr.free.miniupnp -o . -jar java/miniupnpc_$(OS).jar -v
 
+# make .deb packages
+deb: /usr/share/pyshared/stdeb all
+	(python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb)
+
+# install .deb packages
+ideb:
+	(sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/*.deb)
+
+/usr/share/pyshared/stdeb: /usr/share/doc/python-all-dev
+	(sudo apt-get install python-stdeb)
+
+/usr/share/doc/python-all-dev:
+	(sudo apt-get install python-all-dev)
+
 minihttptestserver:	minihttptestserver.o
 
 # DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE -- make depend depends on it.