diff --git a/PackageOptions.cmake b/PackageOptions.cmake
--- a/PackageOptions.cmake
+++ b/PackageOptions.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	set(CPACK_INSTALLED_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc" doc)
 else()
 	set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/share/pixmaps/bitcoin-abc128.png")
-	set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+	set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB;TGZ")
 endif()
 
 # Prevent the components aware generators (such as ZIP) from generating a
@@ -29,6 +29,39 @@
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
 
+# CPack DEB installer options
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SOURCE "bitcoinabc")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "${CPACK_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE_URL}")
+# DEB-DEFAULT produces a filename in the form:
+# <PackageName>_<VersionNumber>-<DebianRevisionNumber>_<DebianArchitecture>.deb
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME "DEB-DEFAULT")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "utils")
+set(DEBIAN_DEPENDS
+  "debhelper"
+  "devscripts"
+  "automake"
+  "libtool"
+  "bash-completion"
+  "libboost-system-dev (>> 1.58) | libboost-system1.58-dev"
+  "libdb5.3++-dev"
+  "libssl-dev"
+  "libevent-dev"
+  "pkg-config"
+  "libminiupnpc8-dev | libminiupnpc-dev (>> 1.6)"
+  "libboost-filesystem-dev (>> 1.58) | libboost-filesystem1.58-dev"
+  "libboost-program-options-dev (>> 1.58) | libboost-program-options1.58-dev"
+  "libboost-thread-dev (>> 1.58) | libboost-thread1.58-dev"
+  "libboost-test-dev (>> 1.58) | libboost-test1.58-dev"
+  "qttools5-dev-tools"
+  "qttools5-dev"
+  "libqrencode-dev"
+  "libprotobuf-dev"
+  "protobuf-compiler"
+  "libzmq3-dev"
+  "python"
+)
+string(JOIN ", " CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${DEBIAN_DEPENDS})
+
 # CPack NSIS installer options
 Include(InstallationHelper)
 set(CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLES_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")