diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54855db..87566d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ libquirc.so*
 .*.swp
 *~
 .DS_Store
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+quirc.pc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8327b4e..3393bec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ QUIRC_CXXFLAGS = $(QUIRC_CFLAGS) $(OPENCV_CFLAGS) --std=c++17
 
 .PHONY: all v4l sdl opencv install uninstall clean
 
-all: libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) qrtest
+all: libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) qrtest quirc.pc
 
 v4l: quirc-scanner
 
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX): libquirc.$(VERSIONED_LIB_SUFFIX)
 libquirc.$(VERSIONED_LIB_SUFFIX): $(LIB_OBJ)
 	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $(LIB_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) -lm
 
+quirc.pc: quirc.pc.in
+	sed -e 's|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|g' \
+	    -e 's|@VERSION@|$(LIB_VERSION)|g' \
+	    quirc.pc.in > quirc.pc
+
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) $(QUIRC_CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ libquirc.$(VERSIONED_LIB_SUFFIX): $(LIB_OBJ)
 .cxx.o:
 	$(CXX) $(QUIRC_CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
-install: libquirc.a libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) quirc-demo quirc-scanner
+install: libquirc.a libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) quirc-demo quirc-scanner quirc.pc
 	install -o root -g root -m 0644 lib/quirc.h $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
 	install -o root -g root -m 0644 libquirc.a $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib
 	install -o root -g root -m 0755 libquirc.$(VERSIONED_LIB_SUFFIX) \
@@ -102,6 +107,8 @@ install: libquirc.a libquirc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) quirc-demo quirc-scanner
 	install -o root -g root -m 0755 quirc-demo $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	# install -o root -g root -m 0755 quirc-demo-opencv $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	install -o root -g root -m 0755 quirc-scanner $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig
+	install -o root -g root -m 0644 quirc.pc $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/quirc.h
@@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/quirc-demo
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/quirc-demo-opencv
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/quirc-scanner
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig/quirc.pc
 
 clean:
 	rm -f */*.o
@@ -122,3 +130,4 @@ clean:
 	rm -f quirc-demo
 	rm -f quirc-demo-opencv
 	rm -f quirc-scanner
+	rm -f quirc.pc
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9685583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+quirc (1.2+deb12-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial Debian package
+
+ -- Daniel Beer <dlbeer@gmail.com>  Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff2a34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Source: quirc
+Section: libs
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Daniel Beer <dlbeer@gmail.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
+               pkg-config,
+               libjpeg-dev
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2
+Homepage: https://github.com/dlbeer/quirc
+Vcs-Git: https://github.com/dlbeer/quirc.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/dlbeer/quirc
+
+Package: libquirc1
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: QR code recognition library
+ Quirc is a library for extracting and decoding QR codes from images.
+ It has several features which make it a good choice for this purpose:
+ .
+  * It is fast enough to be used with realtime video
+  * It has a robust and tolerant recognition algorithm
+  * It is easy to use, with a simple API
+  * It is small and easily embeddable
+  * It has a very small memory footprint
+  * It uses no global mutable state, and is safe to use in a multithreaded
+    application
+  * ISC-licensed, with almost no restrictions regarding use and/or modification
+
+Package: libquirc-dev
+Section: libdevel
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libquirc1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Description: QR code recognition library - development files
+ Quirc is a library for extracting and decoding QR codes from images.
+ .
+ This package contains the development files (headers and static library)
+ for libquirc.
+
+Package: quirc-utils
+Section: utils
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: QR code recognition utilities
+ Quirc is a library for extracting and decoding QR codes from images.
+ .
+ This package contains command-line utilities:
+  * quirc-scanner: command-line QR code scanner
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6408778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: quirc
+Upstream-Contact: Daniel Beer <dlbeer@gmail.com>
+Source: https://github.com/dlbeer/quirc
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2010-2012 Daniel Beer <dlbeer@gmail.com>
+License: ISC
+
+License: ISC
+ Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+ purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ .
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+ WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+ OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/debian/libquirc-dev.install b/debian/libquirc-dev.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56a9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libquirc-dev.install
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/include/quirc.h
+usr/lib/libquirc.a
+usr/lib/pkgconfig/quirc.pc
diff --git a/debian/libquirc1.install b/debian/libquirc1.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4100222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libquirc1.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/lib/libquirc.so.*
+usr/lib/libquirc.so
diff --git a/debian/libquirc1.shlibs b/debian/libquirc1.shlibs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0f92ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libquirc1.shlibs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libquirc 1.2 libquirc1 (>= 1.2)
diff --git a/debian/quirc-utils.install b/debian/quirc-utils.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f5000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/quirc-utils.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/bin/quirc-scanner
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5d756c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wall -pedantic
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	$(MAKE) all v4l SDL_CFLAGS= SDL_LIBS= CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall -fPIC -DQUIRC_MAX_REGIONS=65534"
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	# Install only the components we need without SDL dependencies
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/include
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/bin
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+	# Install library files directly to tmp, let dh_install handle distribution
+	install -m 0644 lib/quirc.h $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/include/
+	install -m 0644 libquirc.a $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/
+	install -m 0755 libquirc.so.1.2 $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/
+	ln -s libquirc.so.1.2 $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/libquirc.so
+	install -m 0755 quirc-scanner $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/bin/
+	install -m 0644 quirc.pc $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+
+override_dh_auto_clean:
+	$(MAKE) clean
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/quirc.pc.in b/quirc.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3877015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quirc.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: quirc
+Description: QR-code recognition library
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lquirc -lm
+Cflags: -I${includedir}