diff --git a/contrib/release/debian-packages.sh b/contrib/release/debian-packages.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DEFAULT_PPA="bitcoin-abc"
+DPUT_CONFIG_FILE=~/".dput.cf"
+
+help_message() {
+  echo "Build and sign Debian packages and push to a PPA."
+  echo "Usage: $0 <options> package_version signer"
+  echo
+  echo "Example usage: $0 0.21.2 \"Jason B. Cox <jasonbcox@bitcoinabc.org>\""
+  echo
+  echo "package_version must be of the form: MAJOR.MINOR.REVISION[.OPTIONALPATCH]"
+  echo "OPTIONALPATCH may be necessary when source files have changed but the version revision has not, as the PPA will"
+  echo "reject source archives of the same name."
+  echo
+  echo "signer must be of the form: 'YOUR NAME <your-email@domain.com>'"
+  echo
+  echo "Note: This script will prompt you to sign with your PGP key."
+  echo
+  echo "-d, --dry-run         Build and sign the packages, but do not push them to the PPA."
+  echo "-h, --help            Display this help message."
+  echo "-p, --ppa             PPA hostname. Defaults to: '${DEFAULT_PPA}'. If no config file exists at ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE}"
+  echo "                        then one will be created using '${DEFAULT_PPA}'. Setting this option to a hostname other than"
+  echo "                        the default will require that you add the necessary settings to the config file."
+}
+
+DRY_RUN="false"
+NUM_EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS=2
+PPA="${DEFAULT_PPA}"
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [[ $# -ne 0 ]]; do
+case $1 in
+  -d|--dry-run)
+    DRY_RUN="true"
+    shift # shift past argument
+    ;;
+  -h|--help)
+    help_message
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  -p|--ppa)
+    PPA="$2"
+    shift # shift past argument
+    shift # shift past value
+    ;;
+  *)
+    if [ "$#" -le "${NUM_EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS}" ]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "Unknown argument: $1"
+    help_message
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+done
+
+# Check for dependencies
+if ! command -v dput > /dev/null; then
+  echo "Error: 'dput' is not installed."
+  exit 10
+fi
+if ! command -v debuild > /dev/null; then
+  echo "Error: 'debuild' is not installed."
+  exit 11
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" -ne "${NUM_EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS}" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Expects ${NUM_EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS} arguments"
+  echo
+  help_message
+  exit 20
+fi
+
+PACKAGE_VERSION="$1"
+echo "Package version:"
+echo "${PACKAGE_VERSION}" | grep -E "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?" || {
+  echo "Error: package_version is not formatted correctly"
+  echo
+  help_message
+  exit 20
+}
+
+SIGNER="$2"
+echo "Signer:"
+echo "${SIGNER}" | grep ".* <.*@.*>" || {
+  echo "Error: signer is not formatted correctly"
+  echo
+  help_message
+  exit 21
+}
+
+# Generate default dput config file if none exists
+if [ ! -f ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE} ]; then
+  echo "Info: No dput config file exists. Creating ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE} now..."
+  cat > ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
+[${DEFAULT_PPA}]
+fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
+method = ftp
+incoming = ~bitcoin-abc/ubuntu/ppa/
+login = anonymous
+allow_unsigned_uploads = 0
+EOF
+fi
+
+# Check that the requested PPA hostname exists
+grep "\[${PPA}\]" ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE} || {
+  echo "Error: PPA hostname does not exist in ${DPUT_CONFIG_FILE}"
+  exit 30
+}
+
+# Build package source archive
+TOPLEVEL="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+"${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh
+pushd "${TOPLEVEL}"/build
+ninja package_source
+
+# Unpack the package source
+SOURCE_VERSION=$(echo "${PACKAGE_VERSION}" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
+SOURCE_BASE_NAME="bitcoin-abc-${SOURCE_VERSION}"
+SOURCE_ARCHIVE="${SOURCE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+tar -zxf "${SOURCE_ARCHIVE}"
+
+# Rename the package source archive. debuild is picky about the naming.
+CONTROL_SOURCE_NAME=$(grep "Source: " "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/debian/control | cut -c 9-)
+PACKAGE_BASE_NAME="${CONTROL_SOURCE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+PACKAGE_ARCHIVE="${PACKAGE_BASE_NAME}.orig.tar.gz"
+mv "${SOURCE_ARCHIVE}" "${PACKAGE_ARCHIVE}"
+
+# Build package files for each supported distribution
+DATE=$(date -R)
+package() {
+  DISTRO="$1"
+  PACKAGE_NAME="${PACKAGE_BASE_NAME}-${DISTRO}"
+
+  pushd "${SOURCE_BASE_NAME}"
+  cp -r "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/debian .
+
+# Generate the changelog for this package
+# TODO: Incorporate release notes into this changelog
+  cat > debian/changelog <<EOF
+${CONTROL_SOURCE_NAME} (${PACKAGE_VERSION}-${DISTRO}) ${DISTRO}; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- ${SIGNER}  ${DATE}
+EOF
+
+  debuild -S
+  rm -rf debian
+  popd
+
+  if [ "${DRY_RUN}" == "false" ]; then
+    dput "${PPA}" "${PACKAGE_NAME}_source.changes"
+  else
+    echo "Info: Dry run. Skipping upload to PPA for '${DISTRO}'."
+  fi
+}
+
+# Xenial: Ubuntu 16.04
+package "xenial"
+# Bionic: Ubuntu 18.04 (latest LTS release)
+package "bionic"
+# Eoan: Ubuntu 19.10 (latest release)
+package "eoan"
+
+popd