diff --git a/contrib/debian-release.sh b/contrib/debian-release.sh
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/debian-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+#
+#
+
+set -e
+set -x
+set -o pipefail
+
+PACKAGE=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '/Source:/{print $2}')
+VERSION=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | awk -F'[- ]' '/Version:/{print $2}')
+
+PREFIX="${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}"
+TARBALL="../${PACKAGE}_${VERSION}.orig.tar.xz"
+
+git archive \
+  --format tar \
+  --prefix "${PREFIX}/" \
+  "${PREFIX}" \
+  | xz \
+    --compress \
+    --to-stdout \
+  > "${TARBALL}"
+
+exec debuild
+
+# -- end of file