diff --git a/Getting-Started/Building-MaxScale-from-Source-Code.md b/Getting-Started/Building-MaxScale-from-Source-Code.md
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@@ -259,3 +259,8 @@ When you run the `make testall` target after configuring the build with CMake a
 
 After testing has finished you can find a full testlog generated by CTest in `Testing/Temporary/` directory and MaxScale's log files in the `log/` directory of the build root.
 
+## Building the MaxScale package
+
+First make sure you have the required libraries for your platform, including either rpmbuild for RHEL variants or dpkg-dev for Debian variants.
+
+If you wish to generate your own MaxScale package, you can do so by first configuring CMake with -DPACKAGE=Y. This will enable the package building target, `package` for the Makefile build system. After configuring, it should be as simple as running the `make package` command in the build directory. This will result in two packages, a tar.gz package and either a .rpm package or a .deb package depending on your system.