diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6985cf1..73fab07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 debug/
 target/
 
-# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
-# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
-Cargo.lock
-
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e987bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
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+name = "anyhow"
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+
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+
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+ "pico-args",
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+
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22296c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cargo-ament-build (0.1.9-100) focal jammy noble bookworm trixie; urgency=low
+
+  * source package automatically created by stdeb 0.10.1
+
+ -- None <None>  Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:51:16 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec63514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..175bae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Source: cargo-ament-build
+Maintainer: Esteve Fernandez <esteve@apache.org>
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-setuptools-rust, python3-all-dev, debhelper (>= 9)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+Homepage: None
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
+
+Package: python3-cargo-ament-build
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Cargo plugin for use with colcon workspaces
+ Cargo plugin for use with colcon workspaces
+
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c2403a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+# This file was automatically generated by stdeb 0.10.1 at
+# Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:51:16 +0100
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=python_distutils
+
+override_dh_auto_clean:
+	python3 setup.py clean -a
+	find . -name \*.pyc -exec rm {} \;
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	python3 setup.py build --force
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	python3 setup.py install --force --root=debian/python3-cargo-ament-build --no-compile -O0 --install-layout=deb --prefix=/usr 
+
+override_dh_python2:
+	dh_python2 --no-guessing-versions
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip --no-automatic-dbgsym
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcc4bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extend-diff-ignore="\.egg-info$"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb39d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import os
+import shlex
+
+try:
+    import tomllib
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+from setuptools import setup
+
+from setuptools_rust import RustBin
+
+# Force the wheel to be platform specific
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/45150383/3549270
+# There's also the much more concise solution in
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/53463910/3549270,
+# but that would require python-dev
+try:
+    # noinspection PyPackageRequirements,PyUnresolvedReferences
+    from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
+
+    # noinspection PyPep8Naming,PyAttributeOutsideInit
+    class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel):
+        def finalize_options(self):
+            _bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
+            self.root_is_pure = False
+
+except ImportError:
+    bdist_wheel = None
+
+with open("Cargo.toml", "rb") as fp:
+    cargo_data = tomllib.load(fp)
+    version = cargo_data["package"]["version"]
+    description = cargo_data["package"]["description"]
+
+# Use `--no-default-features` by default for a minimal build to support PEP 517.
+# `MATURIN_SETUP_ARGS` env var can be used to pass customized arguments to cargo.
+cargo_args = ["--no-default-features"]
+long_description = description
+
+setup(
+    version=version,
+    cmdclass={"bdist_wheel": bdist_wheel},
+    rust_extensions=[RustBin("cargo-ament-build", args=cargo_args, cargo_manifest_args=["--locked"])],
+    zip_safe=False,
+    description=description,
+    long_description=long_description,
+)
diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf6c7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[cargo-ament-build]
+No-Python2:
+Build-Depends: python3-setuptools-rust
+Suite: focal jammy noble bookworm trixie
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
+Debian-Version: 100