diff --git a/confluent_client/builddeb b/confluent_client/builddeb
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b7839d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_client/builddeb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../confluent_server/builddeb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_server/builddeb b/confluent_server/builddeb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d89dca5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_server/builddeb
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+#!/bin/bash
+cd `dirname $0`
+if [ -x ./makeman ]; then
+    ./makeman
+fi
+./makesetup
+VERSION=`cat VERSION`
+PKGNAME=$(basename $(pwd))
+touch setup.cfg
+python setup.py sdist > /dev/null 2>&1
+py2dsc dist/*.tar.gz
+shopt -s extglob
+cd deb_dist/!(*.orig)/
+dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc  -us -i
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "[ERROR] rpmbuild returned non-zero, run: rpmbuild -ba ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/$PKGNAME.spec"
+    exit 1
+else
+    # Clean up the generated files in this directory
+    rm -rf $PKGNAME.egg-info dist setup.py
+fi
+exit 0