diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62a9338..c11b073 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -129,4 +129,6 @@ dmypy.json
 .pyre/
 
 # Other
-.vscode
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+.vscode
+*.tar.gz
+deb_dist
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diff --git a/dangerzone/common.py b/dangerzone/common.py
index e1c9e0e..b66db2d 100644
--- a/dangerzone/common.py
+++ b/dangerzone/common.py
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ class Common(object):
                 "share",
             )
         else:
-            print("Error, can only run in dev mode so far")
+            # In linux...
+            prefix = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share/dangerzone")
 
         resource_path = os.path.join(prefix, filename)
         return resource_path
diff --git a/install/linux/build_deb.py b/install/linux/build_deb.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..31b8de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/linux/build_deb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
+import sys
+import inspect
+import subprocess
+import shutil
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+)
+import dangerzone
+
+version = dangerzone.dangerzone_version
+root = os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.dirname(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
+    )
+)
+
+
+def run(cmd):
+    subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=root, check=True)
+
+
+def main():
+    dist_path = os.path.join(root, "dist")
+    deb_dist_path = os.path.join(root, "deb_dist")
+
+    print("* Deleting old dist and deb_dist")
+    if os.path.exists(dist_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(dist_path)
+    if os.path.exists(deb_dist_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(deb_dist_path)
+
+    print("* Building DEB package")
+    run(["python3", "setup.py", "--command-packages=stdeb.command", "bdist_deb"])
+    run(["python3", "setup.py", "--command-packages=stdeb.command", "sdist_dsc"])
+
+    print("")
+    print("* To install run:")
+    print("sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/dangerzone_{}-1_all.deb".format(version))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.desktop b/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0dd840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=dangerzone
+GenericName=dangerzone
+Comment=Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF
+Exec=dangerzone %f
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=media.firstlook.dangerzone
+Categories=Office;Utility;OCR;Security
+MimeType=application/pdf;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
diff --git a/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.png b/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e8b27e
Binary files /dev/null and b/install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.png differ
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 437bf22..7eb3f48 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,17 +5,33 @@ import sys
 from dangerzone import dangerzone_version
 
 
+def file_list(path):
+    files = []
+    for filename in os.listdir(path):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, filename)):
+            files.append(os.path.join(path, filename))
+    return files
+
+
 setuptools.setup(
     name="dangerzone",
     version=dangerzone_version,
     author="Micah Lee",
     author_email="micah.lee@theintercept.com",
     license="MIT",
-    description="Take arbitrary untrusted PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a trusted PDF",
+    description="Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF",
     url="https://github.com/firstlookmedia/dangerzone",
     packages=["dangerzone"],
+    data_files=[
+        ("share/applications", ["install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.desktop"],),
+        (
+            "share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps",
+            ["install/linux/media.firstlook.dangerzone.png"],
+        ),
+        ("share/dangerzone", file_list("share")),
+        ("share/dangerzone/container", file_list("share/container")),
+    ],
     classifiers=(
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aff747a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+Package3: dangerzone
+Depends3: python3, python3-pyqt5, python3-appdirs, python3-click, python3-xdg
+Build-Depends: python3, python3-all
+Suite: bionic
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.7
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