diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 57a4710..b650418 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,91 @@ name: CI
 on: [push]
 
 jobs:
-    ubuntu-18_04-gcc:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+
+    ubuntu-24_04-python3-ggwave-deb:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Clone
+              uses: actions/checkout@v1
+              with:
+                  submodules: recursive
+
+            - name: Dependencies
+              run: |
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install cython3 build-essential debhelper-compat
+                  sudo apt install dh-python python3-all-dev python3-build
+                  sudo apt install python3-cogapp python3-venv
+
+            - name: Build Debian package for Python bindings
+              run: |
+                cd bindings/python
+                make deb
+
+    ubuntu-24_04-libggwave-dev-deb:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                build: [Release]
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Clone
+              uses: actions/checkout@v1
+              with:
+                  submodules: recursive
+
+            - name: Dependencies
+              run: |
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install build-essential
+
+            - name: Build Debian package for libggwave
+              run: |
+                cmake . -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
+                make
+                cpack
+
+            - name: Inspect generated Debian package
+              run: |
+                dpkg --contents dist/libggwave-dev_*.deb
+                dpkg -I dist/libggwave-dev_*.deb
+                sha256sum dist/libggwave-dev_*.deb
+
+    ubuntu-24_04-target-deb:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                build: [Release]
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Clone
+              uses: actions/checkout@v1
+              with:
+                  submodules: recursive
+
+            - name: Dependencies
+              run: |
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install cython3 build-essential debhelper-compat
+                  sudo apt install dh-python python3-all-dev python3-build
+                  sudo apt install python3-cogapp python3-venv
+
+            - name: Build Debian packages
+              run: |
+                cmake . -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
+                make deb
+
+            - name: Inspect generated Debian packages
+              run: |
+                dpkg --contents dist/libggwave*.deb
+                dpkg -I dist/libggwave*.deb
+                dpkg --contents dist/python3*.deb
+                dpkg -I dist/python3*.deb
+                sha256sum dist/*.deb
+
+    ubuntu-24_04-gcc:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
         strategy:
             matrix:
@@ -17,10 +100,10 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Dependencies
               run: |
-                  sudo apt-get update
-                  sudo apt-get install build-essential xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
-                  sudo apt-get install cmake;
-                  sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev;
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install build-essential xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
+                  sudo apt install cmake
+                  sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
 
             - name: Configure
               run: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
@@ -31,12 +114,14 @@ jobs:
                 ctest --output-on-failure
                 ./bin/test-ggwave-cpp --full
 
-    ubuntu-18_04-python:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    ubuntu-24_04-python:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
         strategy:
+            fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                python-version: [3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+                build: [Release]
+                python-version: [3.8.18, 3.9.20, 3.11.11, 3.12.9]
 
         steps:
             - name: Clone
@@ -51,20 +136,23 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Dependencies
               run: |
-                  sudo apt-get update
-                  sudo apt-get install build-essential
-                  sudo apt-get install cmake;
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install build-essential
+                  sudo apt install cmake
+                  python3 -m venv venv
+                  source venv/bin/activate && pip install setuptools cython cogapp
 
             - name: Configure
               run: cmake . -DGGWAVE_SUPPORT_PYTHON=ON -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
 
             - name: Build
               run: |
+                source venv/bin/activate
                 make
                 ctest --output-on-failure
 
-    ubuntu-18_04-gcc-sanitized:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    ubuntu-24_04-gcc-sanitized:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
         strategy:
             matrix:
@@ -78,9 +166,9 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Dependencies
               run: |
-                  sudo apt-get update
-                  sudo apt-get install build-essential
-                  sudo apt-get install cmake;
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install build-essential
+                  sudo apt install cmake
 
             - name: Configure
               run: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DGGWAVE_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON
@@ -90,8 +178,8 @@ jobs:
                 make
                 ctest --output-on-failure
 
-    ubuntu-18_04-clang:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    ubuntu-24_04-clang:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
         strategy:
             matrix:
@@ -105,10 +193,10 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Dependencies
               run: |
-                  sudo apt-get update
-                  sudo apt-get install build-essential xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
-                  sudo apt-get install cmake;
-                  sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev;
+                  sudo apt update
+                  sudo apt install build-essential xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
+                  sudo apt install cmake
+                  sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
 
             - name: Configure
               run: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang
@@ -145,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
                 ctest --output-on-failure
 
     emscripten:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+        runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
         strategy:
             matrix:
@@ -176,28 +264,32 @@ jobs:
                 emcmake cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
                 make && ctest --output-on-failure
 
-#    windows-msys2:
-#        runs-on: windows-latest
-#        defaults:
-#            run:
-#                shell: msys2 {0}
-#        steps:
-#            - name: Clone
-#              uses: actions/checkout@v1
-#              with:
-#                  submodules: recursive
-#
-#            - name: Dependencies
-#              uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
-#              with:
-#                  msystem: MINGW64
-#                  update: true
-#                  install: cmake make mingw-w64-x86_64-dlfcn mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2
-#
-#            - name: Configure
-#              run: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }}
-#
-#            - name: Build
-#              run: |
-#                  make
-#                  ctest --output-on-failure
+    windows-msys2:
+      runs-on: windows-latest
+      defaults:
+        run:
+          shell: msys2 {0}
+      strategy:
+          matrix:
+              build: [Release]
+      steps:
+        - name: Clone
+          uses: actions/checkout@v1
+          with:
+            submodules: recursive
+
+        - name: Dependencies
+          uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+          with:
+            msystem: MINGW64
+            update: true
+            install: make mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-dlfcn mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
+
+        - name: Configure
+          run: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build }} -G "Unix Makefiles"
+
+        - name: Build
+          run: |
+            ls -alh .
+            make
+            ctest --output-on-failure
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28cd09f..804d2a0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,3 +98,74 @@ endif()
 if (GGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     add_subdirectory(examples)
 endif()
+
+
+
+set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_GROUPING ALL_COMPONENTS_IN_ONE)
+set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL YES)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME DEB-DEFAULT)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Georgi Gerganov")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS YES)
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR DEB)
+SET(CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dist")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "ggerganov@gmail.com")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Tiny data-over-sound library")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY ${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "libggwave-dev")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "ggwave")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES YES)
+set(CPACK_VERBATIM_VARIABLES YES)
+include(CPack)
+
+set(DEB_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/python/")
+set(DEB_PYTHON_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX "${DEB_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/dist")
+
+set(ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} "0")
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND git log -1 --pretty=%ct
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+  TIMEOUT 1
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+set(ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} ${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})
+
+add_custom_target(deb_python_binding
+    COMMAND cd ${DEB_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR} && make deb
+    COMMENT "Building Debian package for Python binding"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+add_custom_target(deb_c_library
+    COMMAND SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} cpack 
+    COMMENT "Building Debian package for C library"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+add_custom_target(deb_python_move
+    COMMAND mv ${DEB_PYTHON_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX}/*.deb ${CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX}/
+    COMMENT "Moving Debian package for Python binding into ${CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX}/"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+    DEPENDS deb_python_binding deb_c_library
+)
+
+add_custom_target(deb
+    COMMAND sha256sum ${CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX}/* 
+    COMMENT "Debian package sha256 hashes"
+    DEPENDS deb_c_library deb_python_binding deb_python_move
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+add_custom_command(TARGET deb
+    POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND ls -alh ${CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_PREFIX}/* 
+    COMMENT "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/README-tmpl.md b/README-tmpl.md
index 58b1d4b..973e89a 100644
--- a/README-tmpl.md
+++ b/README-tmpl.md
@@ -157,6 +157,24 @@ make
 ./bin/ggwave-cli
 ```
 
+#### Local Debian packages
+
+Build reproducible `libggwave-dev` and `python3-ggwave` Debian packages:
+```bash
+# Fetch source
+git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave --recursive
+cd ggwave
+
+# Configure
+cmake . -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+# Build
+make deb
+
+# Install
+sudo dpkg -i dist/*.deb
+```
+
 ### Emscripten
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4d7223..118def3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,24 @@ make
 ./bin/ggwave-cli
 ```
 
+#### Local Debian packages
+
+Build reproducible `libggwave-dev` and `python3-ggwave` Debian packages:
+```bash
+# Fetch source
+git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave --recursive
+cd ggwave
+
+# Configure
+cmake . -DGGWAVE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+# Build
+make deb
+
+# Install
+sudo dpkg -i dist/*.deb
+```
+
 ### Emscripten
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/bindings/python/Makefile b/bindings/python/Makefile
index 679e040..f6d825e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 default: build
 
+PKG_NAME := ggwave
+DEST := dist/
+VER := $(shell cat setup.py | grep version |cut -d\"  -f2)
+VERSION := $(strip $(VER))
+ORIG_TGZ := $(PKG_NAME)_$(VERSION).orig.tar.gz
+ARCH := $(shell dpkg --print-architecture)
+DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS := nocheck
+DEB_BUILD_DIR := $(DEST)$(PKG_NAME)-$(VERSION)
+DEB_VER := 0
+DEB := python3-$(PKG_NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_VER)_$(ARCH).deb
+SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH := $(shell git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+SOURCE_PKG_CMD := python -m build --sdist
+DEB_BUILD_CMD := dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us
+COGAPP ?= $(shell which cog || which cogapp)
+
 .PHONY:
 ggwave:
 	# create a clean (maybe updated) copy of ggwave src
 	rm -rf ggwave && mkdir ggwave && cp -r ../../include ggwave/ && cp -r ../../src ggwave/
 
+deps:
+	echo python -m pip install cogapp cython twine
+
 pyggwave.bycython.cpp: ggwave.pyx cggwave.pxd
-	python -m pip install cython
 	cython --cleanup=3 --cplus ggwave.pyx -o ggwave.bycython.cpp
 
 # To build package, README.rst is needed, because it goes into long description of package,
@@ -17,12 +34,30 @@ pyggwave.bycython.cpp: ggwave.pyx cggwave.pxd
 
 BUILD_SOURCE_FILES=ggwave pyggwave.bycython.cpp setup.py
 
+$(DEST)$(DEB): $(DEST)$(ORIG_TGZ)
+	-rm -r $(DEB_BUILD_DIR)
+	tar -C $(DEST) -xf $(DEST)$(ORIG_TGZ)
+	cp -arp debian $(DEB_BUILD_DIR)
+	cd $(DEB_BUILD_DIR) && \
+	DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS) $(DEB_BUILD_CMD)
+
+deb_sdist: $(BUILD_SOURCE_FILES) README.rst
+	SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) $(SOURCE_PKG_CMD)
+	mv $(DEST)$(PKG_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(DEST)$(ORIG_TGZ)
+
+_deb:
+	@$(eval COGAPP=cogapp)
+
+deb: _deb deb_sdist $(DEST)$(DEB)
+	dpkg --contents $(DEST)$(DEB)
+	ls -alh $(DEST)*$(PKG_NAME)*
+	sha256sum $(DEST)$(DEB)
+
 buildWithoutREADME.rst: ${BUILD_SOURCE_FILES}
 	GGWAVE_OMIT_README_RST=1 python setup.py build_ext -i
 
 README.rst: buildWithoutREADME.rst README-tmpl.rst
-	python -m pip install cogapp
-	cog -d -o README.rst README-tmpl.rst
+	$(COGAPP) -d -o README.rst README-tmpl.rst
 
 BUILD_FILES=${BUILD_SOURCE_FILES} README.rst
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/changelog b/bindings/python/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179c94a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ggwave (0.4.2-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ --  Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>  Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:17:22 +0000
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/control b/bindings/python/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd3454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Source: ggwave
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
+               dh-python,
+               cython3,
+               python3-all-dev,
+               python3-setuptools,
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2.0
+Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-pybuild
+Homepage: https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: python3-ggwave
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
+Description: Tiny data-over-sound library
+ Tiny data-over-sound library.
+ .
+ .
+  .. code:: python
+ .
+     # generate audio waveform for string "hello python"
+     waveform = ggwave.encode("hello python")
+ .
+     # decode audio waveform
+     text = ggwave.decode(instance, waveform)
+ .
+ .
+ --------
+ Features
+ --------
+ .
+  * Audible and ultrasound transmissions available
+  * Bandwidth of 8-16 bytes/s (depending on the transmission protocol)
+  * Robust FSK modulation
+  * Reed-Solomon based error correction
+ .
+ ------------
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/copyright b/bindings/python/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8fb91c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: ggwave
+Upstream-Contact: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
+Source: https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
+License: MIT
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
+License: MIT
+
+License: MIT
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/python3-ggwave.docs b/bindings/python/debian/python3-ggwave.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1320b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/python3-ggwave.docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README.rst
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/rules b/bindings/python/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d202a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=ggwave
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/source/format b/bindings/python/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/source/options b/bindings/python/debian/source/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb8b37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/debian/source/options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extend-diff-ignore="^[^/]+.(egg-info|dist-info)/"