diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb94a4405..3d0357e08 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -455,5 +455,33 @@ if(MSVC)
     set_target_properties(emulationstation PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
 endif()
 
-install (FILES emulationstation DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
+install(TARGETS emulationstation
+	RUNTIME
+	DESTINATION bin)
+
+INCLUDE(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
+
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "A flexible graphical emulator front-end")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "EmulationStation is a flexible, graphical front-end designed for keyboardless navigation of your multi-platform retro game collection.")
+
+SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.md")
+SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Alec Lofquist <allofquist@yahoo.com>")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "misc")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "extra")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6, libsdl2-2.0-0, libboost-system1.54.0, libboost-filesystem1.54.0, libfreeimage3, libfreetype6, libcurl3, libasound2")
+SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_BUILDS_DEPENDS "debhelper (>= 8.0.0), cmake, g++ (>= 4.8), libsdl2-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-filesystem-dev, libboost-date-time-dev, libfreeimage-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libeigen3-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libasound2-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev")
+
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "emulationstation.org")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "2.0.0~rc1")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "0")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "emulationstation_${CMAKE_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "emulationstation" "emulationstation")
+
+SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ;DEB")
+
+INCLUDE(CPack)