diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 72f8bda3a..81b1e47a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ add_subdirectory(plugins) # must precede webgui
 add_subdirectory(webgui)
 add_subdirectory(webgui-new)
 add_subdirectory(webserver)
+add_subdirectory(packaging)
 
 # Install java libraries
 install(DIRECTORY
diff --git a/Config.cmake b/Config.cmake
index 1032ce379..555b02204 100644
--- a/Config.cmake
+++ b/Config.cmake
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR "bin")
 set(DATABASE sqlite CACHE STRING "Database type")
 string(TOUPPER ${DATABASE} DATABASE_U)
 
+# Installation directory for dependencies
+set(INSTALL_DEPS_DIR_NAME "deps")
+
 # Set up the dynamic libraries' runtime path to the install folder
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
@@ -69,7 +72,9 @@ string(CONCAT CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH
   ";../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_SERVICE_DIR_NAME}"
   ";$ORIGIN/../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_SERVICE_DIR_NAME}"
   ";../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_AUTH_DIR_NAME}"
-  ";$ORIGIN/../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_AUTH_DIR_NAME}")
+  ";$ORIGIN/../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_AUTH_DIR_NAME}"
+  ";../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_DEPS_DIR_NAME}"
+  ";$ORIGIN/../${INSTALL_LIB_DIR_NAME}/${INSTALL_DEPS_DIR_NAME}")
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
 # Odb commands
diff --git a/doc/deps.md b/doc/deps.md
index 221e795fb..796b9d29f 100644
--- a/doc/deps.md
+++ b/doc/deps.md
@@ -297,3 +297,4 @@ relevant during compilation.
 | `CODECOMPASS_LINKER` | The path of the linker, if the system's default linker is to be overridden. |
 | `WITH_PLUGIN`/`WITHOUT_PLUGIN` | The names of the plugins to be built/skipped at build. Possible values are **cpp**, **cpp_reparse**, **dummy**, **git**, **metrics**, **search**. The `metrics` and `search` plugins are fundamental, they will be compiled even if not included. `WITH_PLUGIN` **cannot** be used together with `WITHOUT_PLUGIN`. Example: `-DWITH_PLUGIN="cpp;git"` This will compile the cpp, git, metrics and search plugins. |
 | `WITH_AUTH` | The names of the authentication plugins to be compiled. Possible values are **plain** and **ldap**. `plain` **cannot** be skipped. Example: `-DWITH_AUTH="plain;ldap"`|
+| `INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES` | If enabled, the required shared objects will be copied to `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/deps/`. Optional, disabled by default. |
diff --git a/doc/packaging.md b/doc/packaging.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dbc69b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/packaging.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# `.deb` package (For Debian/Ubuntu systems)
+
+## Installing a CodeCompass `.deb` package
+Before installing a package, verify its checksum:
+```
+sha256sum codecompass.deb
+```
+
+### Installing a package
+```
+sudo dpkg -i codecompass.deb
+```
+
+### Removing package
+```
+sudo apt remove codecompass
+```
+
+## Package structure
+When a user installs a CodeCompass deb package, all the files will be placed under `/usr/share/codecompass/`.
+A few symlinks are created for the CodeCompass commands:
+```
+/usr/bin/CodeCompass_logger -> /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_logger
+/usr/bin/CodeCompass_parser -> /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_parser
+/usr/bin/CodeCompass_webserver -> /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_webserver
+```
+
+Moreover, CodeCompass requires some dependencies which are no longer available in standard repositories such as `ODB`.
+In order to resolve this, the runtime dependencies will be included in the deb package as shared objects. These dependencies will be installed under `<CodeCompass_install_dir>/lib/deps/`.
+
+Finally, a deb package is created by making a copy of the entire `<CodeCompass_install_dir>`.
+
+## Building a `.deb` package
+First, we need to build CodeCompass.
+
+Create a build folder:
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+```
+
+To enable packaging, run CMake with `-DENABLE_PACKAGING=1`:
+```
+cmake .. \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<CodeCompass_install_dir> \
+  -DDATABASE=<database_type> \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<build_type> \
+  -DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-11/cmake \
+  -DClang_DIR=/usr/lib/cmake/clang-11 \
+  -DENABLE_PACKAGING=1
+```
+
+Build and install CodeCompass:
+```
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
+```
+
+Build the deb package:
+```
+make deb_package
+```
+
+The built package will be located in `build/packaging/`.
+
+## Build options
+The built package can be customized by using CMake variables.
+
+|       Variable       |                  Meaning                 |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| `PACKAGE_FILE_NAME` | File name of the resulting `.deb` package. Standard package notation: `<project>_<version>-<package revision>.deb`. If not specified, the package will be named `codecompass-dev.deb`. |
+| `PACKAGE_VERSION` | Version of the package for the manifest file. If not specified, version `1.0` will be used. |
+| `PACKAGE_DEPENDS` | List of package dependencies. Example: `graphviz, libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), xdg-utils`. If not specified, the package will have no dependencies. |
+
diff --git a/packaging/CMakeLists.txt b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a832c68a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Install shared objects to $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/deps/
+if(INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES OR ENABLE_PACKAGING)
+  install(TARGETS CodeCompass_parser CodeCompass_webserver RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES LIBRARY DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}/${INSTALL_DEPS_DIR_NAME}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT ENABLE_PACKAGING)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+if(NOT PACKAGE_FILE_NAME)
+  set(PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "codecompass-dev")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT PACKAGE_VERSION)
+  set(PACKAGE_VERSION "1.0")
+endif()
+
+set(PACKAGE_DIR "${PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}")
+
+add_custom_target(
+  deb_package
+
+  COMMAND mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN
+  COMMAND mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_DIR}/usr/share/codecompass
+
+  COMMAND echo "Adding CodeCompass installation ..."
+  COMMAND cp -r ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/* ${PACKAGE_DIR}/usr/share/codecompass/
+
+  COMMAND echo "Removing webgui-new sources ..."
+  COMMAND rm -rf ${PACKAGE_DIR}/usr/share/codecompass/share/codecompass/webgui-new/app/
+
+  COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/packaging/deb/postinst ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst
+  COMMAND chmod +x ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst
+
+  COMMAND echo "---------- postinst file ----------"
+  COMMAND cat ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst
+  COMMAND echo "-----------------------------------"
+
+  COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/packaging/deb/control ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/control
+  COMMAND sed -i "s/\%PACKAGE_VERSION\%/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/" ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/control
+  COMMAND sed -i "s/\%PACKAGE_DEPENDS\%/${PACKAGE_DEPENDS}/" ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/control
+
+  COMMAND echo "---------- Manifest file ----------"
+  COMMAND cat ${PACKAGE_DIR}/DEBIAN/control
+  COMMAND echo "-----------------------------------"
+
+  COMMAND echo "Building package ${PACKAGE_FILE_NAME} ..."
+  COMMAND dpkg-deb --build ${PACKAGE_DIR}
+  COMMAND echo "Done!"
+)
diff --git a/packaging/deb/control b/packaging/deb/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0012c77d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/deb/control
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Package: codecompass
+Version: %PACKAGE_VERSION%
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: %PACKAGE_DEPENDS%
+Maintainer: CodeCompass Developers <email>
+Homepage: https://github.com/Ericsson/CodeCompass/
+Description: CodeCompass
+ CodeCompass is a pluginable code comprehension tool.
diff --git a/packaging/deb/postinst b/packaging/deb/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea3ffcdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/deb/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Symlink CodeCompass commands to /usr/bin/
+rm -f /usr/bin/CodeCompass_logger
+rm -f /usr/bin/CodeCompass_parser
+rm -f /usr/bin/CodeCompass_webserver
+
+ln -s /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_logger /usr/bin/CodeCompass_logger
+ln -s /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_parser /usr/bin/CodeCompass_parser
+ln -s /usr/share/codecompass/bin/CodeCompass_webserver /usr/bin/CodeCompass_webserver