diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4b16245..03129b5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ task "readme-html" do
   sh "rst2html.py -gds --stylesheet doc/rst.css README.rst README.html"
 end
 
+desc "generate DEB pacakge"
+task "generate-debian-package" do
+  sh "rm -rf build"
+  sh "mkdir build"
+  sh "cd build && cmake .. && make package"
+end