diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8bbbe5c..a3a6393 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 posixmq = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
+
+[package.metadata.deb]
+extended-description = "`mqrs` is a small cli application to handle POSIX message queues."
+assets = [
+       ["target/release/mqrs", "usr/bin/", "755"],
+       ["README.md", "usr/share/doc/cargo-deb/README.md", "644"],
+]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c546b65..2ff0d81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,39 +2,43 @@
 `mqrs` is a small cli application to handle POSIX message queues.
 
 ## Installation
-Currently `mqrs` can only be built with the rust toolchain. Support
-for `cargo-deb` is imminent.
+To build `mqrs` a rust toolchain is necessary.
 
 ### Install Rust
 Install the Rust toolchain from [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs).
 
 ### Build `mqrs`
 `mqrs` can be built for development:
-``` sh
-    cargo b
+```sh
+cargo b
 ```
 
 or for releasing:
-``` sh
-    cargo b --release
+```sh
+cargo b --release
+```
+
+### Build the `mqrs` Debian package
+```sh
+cargo deb
 ```
 
 ### Install `mqrs`
 When a Rust toolchain installed you can also install `mqrs`
 directly without cloning it manually:
 ``` sh
-    cargo install --git https://git.onders.org/finga/mqrs.git mqrs
+cargo install --git https://git.onders.org/finga/mqrs.git mqrs
 ```
 
 or from within the project:
-``` sh
-    cargo install mqrs
+```sh
+cargo install mqrs
 ```
 
 ### Run `mqrs`
 `mqrs` can either be run from the project directory with:
-``` sh
-    cargo b
+```sh
+cargo b
 ```
 
 or you can copy the produced binary somewhere else or link to them