diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..10c356e364ceb4c735c757139865f6fd77dd61e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ruby-erubi (1.6.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)
+
+ -- Kartik Kulkarni <kartik.koolks@gmail.com>  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:49:33 +0530
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db55a4c4e91bf75f580747e855641eabf9d99600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Source: ruby-erubi
+Section: ruby
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Uploaders: Kartik Kulkarni <kartik.koolks@gmail.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~),
+               gem2deb,
+               rake
+Standards-Version: 3.9.7
+Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-erubi.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-erubi.git
+Homepage: https://github.com/jeremyevans/erubi
+Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-ruby
+XS-Ruby-Versions: all
+
+Package: ruby-erubi
+Architecture: all
+XB-Ruby-Versions: ${ruby:Versions}
+Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter,
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Small ERB Implementation
+ Erubi is a ERB template engine for ruby. It is a simplified fork of Erubis
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad748a82fbede83f7a7463f1dbcceb1c247378ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: erubi
+Source: https://github.com/jeremyevans/erubi
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: <years> <put author's name and email here>
+           <years> <likewise for another author>
+License: GPL-2+ (FIXME)
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2017 Kartik Kulkarni <kartik.koolks@gmail.com>
+License: GPL-2+ (FIXME)
+Comment: the Debian packaging is licensed under the same terms as the original package.
+
+License: GPL-2+ (FIXME)
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it
+ and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+ useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+ warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ License along with this package; if not, write to the Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
+ License version 2 can be found in the file
+ `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
diff --git a/debian/ruby-erubi.docs b/debian/ruby-erubi.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e475c53ed013742672b136c5dee9af35978d96c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/ruby-erubi.docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README.rdoc
diff --git a/debian/ruby-tests.rake b/debian/ruby-tests.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63f3fd6406aa1c705246079dc27661da4c4ce8b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/ruby-tests.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require 'gem2deb/rake/testtask'
+
+Gem2Deb::Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.libs = ['test']
+  t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb'] + FileList['test/**/test_*.rb']
+end
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3454d59897edc35121b96859a3ab6f0897a79d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export GEM2DEB_TEST_RUNNER = --check-dependencies
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..163aaf8d82b6c54f23c45f32895dbdfdcc27b047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b569af52388ecd6bd50ff4d502d4a17ad2b31c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version=3
+http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/gemwatch/erubi .*/erubi-(.*).tar.gz