diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4578d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.git
+target
+dist
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad67955..9aec134 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # will have compiled files and executables
 debug
 target
+dist
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..093e654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+SHELL := /bin/sh
+
+CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= $(shell command -v podman 2>/dev/null || command -v docker 2>/dev/null)
+ifeq ($(origin PACKAGE_VERSION),undefined)
+PACKAGE_VERSION := $(shell ./scripts/package-version)
+endif
+DEB_OUTPUT_DIR ?= dist
+BUILDER_IMAGE ?= monad-services-builder:local
+
+.PHONY: build builder deb deb-host clean
+
+build:
+	./scripts/build-binaries
+
+# Needs the docker/builder toolchain on the host; `make deb` needs only a container engine.
+deb-host:
+	PACKAGE_VERSION=$(PACKAGE_VERSION) DEB_OUTPUT_DIR=$(DEB_OUTPUT_DIR) ./scripts/build-deb
+
+builder:
+	@test -n "$(CONTAINER_ENGINE)" || { echo "Install Docker or Podman, or set CONTAINER_ENGINE."; exit 1; }
+	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) build -t $(BUILDER_IMAGE) -f docker/builder/Dockerfile .
+
+deb: builder
+	@mkdir -p $(DEB_OUTPUT_DIR); iidfile=$$(mktemp); \
+	trap 'rm -f "$$iidfile"' EXIT; \
+	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) build \
+		--iidfile "$$iidfile" \
+		--build-arg BUILDER_IMAGE=$(BUILDER_IMAGE) \
+		--build-arg PACKAGE_VERSION=$(PACKAGE_VERSION) \
+		-f docker/debian-package/Dockerfile . && \
+	container_id=$$($(CONTAINER_ENGINE) create "$$(cat "$$iidfile")" true) && \
+	trap '$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) rm -f $$container_id >/dev/null; rm -f "$$iidfile"' EXIT && \
+	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) cp "$$container_id":/out/. $(DEB_OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(DEB_OUTPUT_DIR)
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/conffiles b/debian/DEBIAN/conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d5bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/conffiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/monad-services/env
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/control.in b/debian/DEBIAN/control.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7094365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/control.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Package: monad-services
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Section: net
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: amd64
+Maintainer: Category Labs <engineering@category.xyz>
+Depends: @DEPENDS@, ca-certificates
+Description: Monad archive and indexing services
+ Archive, validation, indexing, and block-writing binaries maintained by the
+ monad-services repository.
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/postinst b/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d2c4735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+case "$1" in
+  configure)
+    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+      systemctl daemon-reload || true
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/postrm b/debian/DEBIAN/postrm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8417f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+case "$1" in
+  remove|purge)
+    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+      systemctl daemon-reload || true
+      for unit in monad-services-archiver monad-services-archive-checker monad-services-indexer monad-services-block-writer; do
+        systemctl reset-failed "$unit.service" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      done
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/debian/DEBIAN/prerm b/debian/DEBIAN/prerm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24c7c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/DEBIAN/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+case "$1" in
+  remove|deconfigure)
+    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+      for unit in monad-services-archiver monad-services-archive-checker monad-services-indexer monad-services-block-writer; do
+        systemctl stop "$unit.service" || true
+      done
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/debian/etc/monad-services/env b/debian/etc/monad-services/env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..506d8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/etc/monad-services/env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Configuration for the monad-services units. Variables set here are
+# expanded into each unit's ExecStart line; a unit fails to start when a
+# variable it names is missing.
diff --git a/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archive-checker.service b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archive-checker.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a329031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archive-checker.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Monad Archive Checker (monad-services)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=monad
+Group=monad
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/monad-services/env
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/monad-services/monad-archive-checker
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archiver.service b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archiver.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..701fa8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-archiver.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Monad Archiver (monad-services)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=monad
+Group=monad
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/monad-services/env
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/monad-services/monad-archiver
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-block-writer.service b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-block-writer.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..514bee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-block-writer.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Monad Block Writer (monad-services)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=monad
+Group=monad
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/monad-services/env
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/monad-services/monad-block-writer
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-indexer.service b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-indexer.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4896c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/usr/lib/systemd/system/monad-services-indexer.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Monad Indexer (monad-services)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=monad
+Group=monad
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/monad-services/env
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/monad-services/monad-indexer
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/usr/share/doc/monad-services/copyright b/debian/usr/share/doc/monad-services/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfbd674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/usr/share/doc/monad-services/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: monad-services
+Source: https://github.com/category-labs/monad-services
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2026 Category Labs, Inc.
+License: GPL-3
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
+ License version 3 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.
diff --git a/docker/builder/Dockerfile b/docker/builder/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a8b0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM ubuntu:26.04
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    RUSTUP_HOME=/usr/local/rustup \
+    CARGO_HOME=/usr/local/cargo \
+    PATH=/usr/local/cargo/bin:${PATH} \
+    CC=gcc-15 \
+    CXX=g++-15 \
+    LIBCLANG_PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-19/lib \
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja \
+    TRIEDB_TARGET=triedb_driver \
+    ASMFLAGS=-march=haswell \
+    CFLAGS=-march=haswell \
+    CXXFLAGS=-march=haswell
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      binutils ca-certificates clang-19 cmake curl g++-15 gcc-15 git \
+      libabsl-dev libarchive-dev libbenchmark-dev libboost-all-dev libbrotli-dev libcap-dev \
+      libcgroup-dev libclang-19-dev libcli11-dev libcrypto++-dev libgmp-dev \
+      libgmock-dev libgtest-dev libhugetlbfs-dev libmagicenum-dev libmimalloc-dev \
+      libsecp256k1-dev libssl-dev \
+      libstdc++-15-dev libtbb-dev liburing-dev libzstd-dev ninja-build pkg-config \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# The toolchain version comes from rust-toolchain.toml, which the rustup
+# shims on PATH also consult at cargo time, so image and build can't drift.
+RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs \
+      | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain none
+COPY rust-toolchain.toml /tmp/rust-toolchain/rust-toolchain.toml
+RUN cd /tmp/rust-toolchain && rustup toolchain install && rm -rf /tmp/rust-toolchain
diff --git a/docker/debian-package/Dockerfile b/docker/debian-package/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c738119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/debian-package/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# Toolchain comes from docker/builder/Dockerfile. `make deb` builds it
+# locally; override to reuse a prebuilt copy.
+ARG BUILDER_IMAGE=monad-services-builder:local
+FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE} AS package
+
+ARG PACKAGE_VERSION
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=true
+
+# Only what docker/builder does not already carry: build-essential for the
+# packaging tools (including dpkg-shlibdeps) and patchelf for runpaths.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      build-essential patchelf \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# .dockerignore strips .git, so scripts/package-version cannot run here.
+RUN test -n "$PACKAGE_VERSION"
+
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY . .
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=monad-services-cargo-registry,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=monad-services-cargo-git,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=monad-services-target,target=/src/target \
+    PACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION}" DEB_OUTPUT_DIR=/out ./scripts/build-deb
+
+FROM scratch
+COPY --from=package /out /out
diff --git a/scripts/build-binaries b/scripts/build-binaries
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aaaeddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-binaries
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -eu
+
+root_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)
+
+# --- toolchain (matches the release build, in docker/debian-package/Dockerfile) ---
+export CC="${CC:-gcc-15}"
+export CXX="${CXX:-g++-15}"
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}"
+# monad-triedb's build script builds libtriedb_driver.so from this target.
+export TRIEDB_TARGET="${TRIEDB_TARGET:-triedb_driver}"
+# Arch flags reach the cargo build only; the cmake toolchain file owns its own.
+asmflags="${ASMFLAGS:--march=haswell}"
+cflags="${CFLAGS:--march=haswell}"
+cxxflags="${CXXFLAGS:--march=haswell}"
+
+cd "$root_dir"
+
+# --- rust binaries ---
+# monad-triedb and the execution bindings it needs are built by Cargo build
+# scripts out of the pinned monad-bft git dependency; there is no local
+# execution checkout to build separately.
+ASMFLAGS="$asmflags" CFLAGS="$cflags" \
+CXXFLAGS="$cxxflags -DQUILL_ACTIVE_LOG_LEVEL=QUILL_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL" \
+cargo build --locked --release --package monad-archive --bins
diff --git a/scripts/build-deb b/scripts/build-deb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b4d3573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-deb
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -eu
+
+root_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)
+output_dir=${DEB_OUTPUT_DIR:-"$root_dir/dist"}
+strip_symbols=${STRIP_SYMBOLS:-1}
+# Stage outside target/, which is a shared cache mount in container builds.
+stage_root=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$stage_root"' EXIT
+stage_dir="$stage_root/debian/monad-services"
+
+# --- version ---
+version=${PACKAGE_VERSION:-$("$root_dir/scripts/package-version")}
+case "$version" in
+  *[!0-9A-Za-z.+:~\-]*) echo "Invalid Debian version: $version" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+
+cd "$root_dir"
+
+# --- build ---
+"$root_dir/scripts/build-binaries"
+
+# --- stage binaries ---
+# Everything installs into the package-private /usr/lib/monad-services:
+# Debian policy (FHS, section 9.1) forbids packages from touching
+# /usr/local, and the monad package ships the same binary names and
+# library copies under /usr/local, so the private directory is also what
+# lets the two packages be co-installed. The binaries find the libraries
+# through RUNPATH, set below, instead of ldconfig.
+lib_dir="$stage_dir/usr/lib/monad-services"
+mkdir -p "$stage_dir/DEBIAN" "$lib_dir"
+
+for binary in monad-archiver monad-archive-checker monad-indexer monad-block-writer; do
+  install -m 0755 "target/release/$binary" "$lib_dir/$binary"
+done
+
+# --- stage libraries ---
+# Bundle libtriedb_driver.so, which is loaded with dlopen at runtime and so
+# never appears as a declared dependency, plus every library that the staged
+# binaries or the driver resolve from inside this source tree. Those are
+# build products the target host does not have. ldd lists dependencies
+# transitively, so one pass is enough, and dpkg-shlibdeps below fails the
+# build if anything is missed here.
+triedb=$(find target/release -name 'libtriedb_driver.so' -exec ls -Lt {} + | head -n 1)
+test -n "$triedb" || { echo "libtriedb_driver.so not found under target/release" >&2; exit 2; }
+cp "$triedb" "$lib_dir/"
+libs=$(ldd "$lib_dir"/* \
+  | awk -v root="$root_dir/" '$2 == "=>" && index($3, root) == 1 { print $3 }' \
+  | sort -u)
+seen=" "
+for lib in $libs; do
+  base=${lib##*/}
+  case $seen in
+    *" $base "*)
+      echo "Bundled library basename collision: $base ($lib)" >&2
+      exit 2
+      ;;
+  esac
+  seen="$seen$base "
+  cp "$lib" "$lib_dir/"
+done
+
+# The 26.04 builder's libsecp256k1 soname exists on no fleet host; bundle it
+# like Jenkins. A copy staged from the build tree above takes precedence.
+secp=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsecp256k1.so.6
+if [ -e "$secp" ] && [ ! -e "$lib_dir/${secp##*/}" ]; then
+  cp -L "$secp" "$lib_dir/"
+fi
+
+if [ "$strip_symbols" = 1 ]; then
+  find "$lib_dir" -type f ! -name '*.so*' -exec strip --strip-all {} \;
+  find "$lib_dir" -type f -name '*.so*' -exec strip --strip-unneeded {} \;
+fi
+
+# --- check linkage & compute library dependencies ---
+# Strip build-tree runpaths, then run dpkg-shlibdeps to generate Depends.
+#
+# For every library our binaries need, dpkg-shlibdeps locates the file and
+# maps it to a package: our own libraries (such as libtriedb_driver.so)
+# resolve inside the debian/monad-services staging tree and need no Depends
+# entry; system libraries become versioned Depends.
+#
+# Runpaths into the build tree have to go first, or a library that's absent
+# on the target host still resolves here and the check passes wrongly.
+find "$lib_dir" -type f \
+  -exec patchelf --remove-rpath {} \;
+
+# dpkg-shlibdeps only warns about libraries it cannot find, so fail on them here.
+unresolved=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$lib_dir" \
+  ldd "$lib_dir"/* 2>/dev/null \
+  | grep 'not found' || true)
+if [ -n "$unresolved" ]; then
+  printf 'Unresolved shared libraries after staging:\n%s\n' "$unresolved" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+printf 'Source: monad-services\n\nPackage: monad-services\nArchitecture: amd64\nDescription: stub\n' \
+  > "$stage_root/debian/control"
+lib_deps=$(cd "$stage_root" && dpkg-shlibdeps -O \
+  -ldebian/monad-services/usr/lib/monad-services \
+  debian/monad-services/usr/lib/monad-services/*)
+lib_deps=${lib_deps#shlibs:Depends=}
+
+# --- set runpaths ---
+# The private directory is outside the ldconfig search path, so everything
+# carries a $ORIGIN RUNPATH: the binaries sit next to the libraries, dlopen
+# of libtriedb_driver.so honours the calling executable's RUNPATH, and the
+# libraries reference each other the same way. This keeps the monad
+# package's copies of the same libraries from ever resolving into these
+# services, or vice versa.
+find "$lib_dir" -type f \
+  -exec patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' {} \;
+
+# --- debian metadata ---
+cp -a debian/. "$stage_dir/"
+sed -e "s/@PACKAGE_VERSION@/$version/" -e "s%@DEPENDS@%$lib_deps%" \
+  debian/DEBIAN/control.in > "$stage_dir/DEBIAN/control"
+rm "$stage_dir/DEBIAN/control.in"
+
+# Policy 12.7 wants a compressed Debian changelog next to the static
+# copyright file; the git history is the real changelog, so ship a stub
+# entry that points at it.
+printf 'monad-services (%s) unstable; urgency=medium\n\n  * See https://github.com/category-labs/monad-services for the change history.\n\n -- Category Labs <engineering@category.xyz>  %s\n' \
+  "$version" "$(date -R)" \
+  | gzip -9n > "$stage_dir/usr/share/doc/monad-services/changelog.Debian.gz"
+
+# --- package ---
+mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+dpkg-deb --root-owner-group --build "$stage_dir" "$output_dir/monad-services_${version}_amd64.deb"
diff --git a/scripts/package-version b/scripts/package-version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24b9083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package-version
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Single source of truth for the Debian package version, used by the Makefile
+# and as scripts/build-deb's fallback. Requires a git checkout; container
+# builds have no .git and must receive PACKAGE_VERSION explicitly.
+set -eu
+
+root_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)
+timestamp=$(git -C "$root_dir" log -1 --format=%cd --date=format:%Y%m%d-%H%M)
+sha=$(git -C "$root_dir" rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
+printf '0.0-%s-%s\n' "$timestamp" "$sha"