diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..972bbfe651b922d9d33bcc9051a37ab33236252c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/files
+/floodlight.debhelper.log
+/floodlight.substvars
+/floodlight
+
diff --git a/debian/README b/debian/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8583ef341267838fcc1ac25c84ab1a88a603aa3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+The Debian Package floodlight
+----------------------------
+
+Comments regarding the Package
+
+ -- Rich Lane <rlane@bigswitch.com> Thu, 10 May 2012 23:02:25 -0700
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b3f5ace5775966ac692d3fb2c5de48e2c21963b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+floodlight (0.82) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Initial Release.
+
+ -- Rich Lane <rlane@bigswitch.com> Thu, 10 May 2012 23:02:25 -0700
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45a4fb75db864000d01701c0f7a51864bd4daabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3bebb37e2808cba875956ff5d8cc1ea74d45387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Source: floodlight
+Section: net
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Rich Lane <rlane@bigswitch.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), javahelper (>= 0.40ubuntu1)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Homepage: http://floodlight.openflowhub.org/
+Vcs-Git: git://github.com/floodlight/floodlight.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight
+
+Package: floodlight
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${java:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Java based OpenFlow controller
+ Floodlight is a Java based OpenFlow controller originally written by David
+ Erickson at Stanford University.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e139e18b52babbe34fc4fcef6b260f1e501844c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
+Upstream-Name: floodlight
+Source: https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2011 Big Switch Networks <rlane@bigswitch.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2012 Big Switch Networks <rlane@bigswitch.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
+ can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".
diff --git a/debian/docs b/debian/docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..588b138a5aceaf1ecbaf91a1d08172598891cc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+NOTICE.txt
+README.txt
diff --git a/debian/floodlight.1 b/debian/floodlight.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80635073d7d13a860e182ac53853246ddeb9e188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/floodlight.1
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH FLOODLIGHT 1 "May 14, 2012"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
+.\" .nh disable hyphenation
+.\" .hy enable hyphenation
+.\" .ad l left justify
+.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins
+.\" .nf disable filling
+.\" .fi enable filling
+.\" .br insert line break
+.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+floodlight \- An Apache licensed, Java based OpenFlow controller
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B floodlight
+.RI [ options ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B floodlight
+command.
+.PP
+.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
+.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
+.\" respectively.
+\fBfloodlight\fP is an Apache licensed, Java based OpenFlow controller.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-cf, \-\-configFile FILE
+Floodlight configuration file.
+.SH AUTHOR
+floodlight was written by David Erickson and Big Switch Networks.
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Rich Lane <rlane@bigswitch.com>,
+for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
diff --git a/debian/floodlight.install b/debian/floodlight.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..900beb94f874761c9f97066c911096e554ef3bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/floodlight.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/floodlight.jar usr/share/java
+debian/misc/floodlight usr/bin
diff --git a/debian/floodlight.manpages b/debian/floodlight.manpages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bec775d2741b6ae5db26abc89c80c7f41cd13f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/floodlight.manpages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/floodlight.1
diff --git a/debian/init.d b/debian/init.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ecb447884107bb4a9fb40d5b0ff73b1c44f12329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/init.d
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: floodlight
+# Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $remote_fs
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: An Apache licensed, Java based OpenFlow controller
+# Description: An Apache licensed, Java based OpenFlow controller
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Author: Rich Lane <rlane@bigswitch.com>
+
+# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
+PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+DESC=floodlight # Introduce a short description here
+NAME=floodlight # Introduce the short server's name here
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/floodlight # Introduce the server's location here
+DAEMON_ARGS="" # Arguments to run the daemon with
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+
+# Exit if the package is not installed
+[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 0
+
+# Read configuration variable file if it is present
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
+
+# Define LSB log_* functions.
+# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start()
+{
+ # Return
+ # 0 if daemon has been started
+ # 1 if daemon was already running
+ # 2 if daemon could not be started
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --startas $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
+ || return 1
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --startas $DAEMON -b -m -- \
+ $DAEMON_ARGS \
+ || return 2
+ # Wait for the server to start.
+ while ! nc -z localhost 6633; do sleep 1; done
+}
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop()
+{
+ # Return
+ # 0 if daemon has been stopped
+ # 1 if daemon was already stopped
+ # 2 if daemon could not be stopped
+ # other if a failure occurred
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE
+ RETVAL="$?"
+ [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
+ # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
+ rm -f $PIDFILE
+ return "$RETVAL"
+}
+
+#
+# Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
+#
+do_reload() {
+ #
+ # If the daemon can reload its configuration without
+ # restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
+ # then implement that here.
+ #
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
+ return 0
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+ start)
+ [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC " "$NAME"
+ do_start
+ case "$?" in
+ 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+ 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ stop)
+ [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+ do_stop
+ case "$?" in
+ 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+ 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ status)
+ status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+ ;;
+ #reload|force-reload)
+ #
+ # If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
+ # and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
+ #
+ #log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
+ #do_reload
+ #log_end_msg $?
+ #;;
+ restart|force-reload)
+ #
+ # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
+ # 'force-reload' alias
+ #
+ log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+ do_stop
+ case "$?" in
+ 0|1)
+ do_start
+ case "$?" in
+ 0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
+ 1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
+ *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
+ esac
+ ;;
+ *)
+ # Failed to stop
+ log_end_msg 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ *)
+ #echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
+ echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+ exit 3
+ ;;
+esac
+
+:
diff --git a/debian/misc/floodlight b/debian/misc/floodlight
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6036594a4b32028ff7de01e423e354a38bdb9b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/misc/floodlight
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec java -jar /usr/share/java/floodlight.jar "$@"
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f35bb0c395caa40b3538262f854a0c49fce71652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
+# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
+# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
+# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
+# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
+
+%:
+ dh $@ --with javahelper
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..89ae9db8f88b823b6a7eabf55e203658739da122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)