diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a9b7d9..0e27b06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-gotop*
 dist/
+build/gotop
+pkg/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ddce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+VERSION=$(shell awk '/([0-9]{1}.?){3}/ {print $$4;}' main.go)
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: pkg/gotop.rpm pkg/gotop.deb
+
+build/gotop:
+	@GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o $@
+
+pkg:
+	@mkdir $@
+
+pkg/gotop.rpm: pkg build/gotop
+	@docker run --rm \
+	-v "$(PWD)/build:/tmp/pkg" \
+	-e "VERSION=$(VERSION)" \
+	goreleaser/nfpm pkg \
+		--config /tmp/pkg/gotop-nfpm.yaml \
+		--target /tmp/pkg/gotop.rpm \
+	&& mv ./build/gotop.rpm $@ 
+
+pkg/gotop.deb: pkg build/gotop
+	@docker run --rm \
+	-v "$(PWD)/build:/tmp/pkg" \
+	-e "VERSION=$(VERSION)" \
+	goreleaser/nfpm pkg \
+		--config /tmp/pkg/gotop-nfpm.yaml \
+		--target /tmp/pkg/gotop.deb \
+	&& mv ./build/gotop.deb $@ 
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	@-rm -f build/gotop
+	@-rm -rf pkg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9076a0..0cb6b6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ To make a custom colorscheme, check out the [template](https://github.com/cjbass
 `-p`, `--percpu` Show each CPU in the CPU widget.  
 `-a`, `--averagecpu` Show average CPU in the CPU widget.
 
+
+## Building deb/rpms
+
+To build dep/rpms using [nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm):
+
+```bash
+make all
+```
+
+This will place the built packages into the `pkg` folder.
+
 ## Credits
 
 - [mdnazmulhasan27771](https://github.com/mdnazmulhasan27771) for the [logo](https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop/blob/master/assets/logo.png)
diff --git a/build/gotop-nfpm.yaml b/build/gotop-nfpm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15824a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/gotop-nfpm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "gotop"
+arch: "amd64"
+platform: "linux"
+version: "v${VERSION}"
+section: "default"
+priority: "extra"
+maintainer: "Caleb Bassi <calebjbassi@gmail.com>"
+description: |
+  A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop
+vendor: "Caleb Bassi"
+homepage: "https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop"
+license: "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0"
+bindir: "/usr/local/bin"
+files:
+  /tmp/pkg/gotop: "/usr/local/bin/gotop"