diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build_debian_package.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build_debian_package.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bacd613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build_debian_package.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+name: Build .deb package
+
+env:
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+  CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
+  CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL: sparse
+  RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings -W unreachable-pub -W rust-2021-compatibility"
+  RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: short
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Package for debian on ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build: [linux-amd64, ]
+        include:
+          - build: linux-amd64
+            arch: amd64
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            rust: stable
+            artifact_name: 'linux-amd64'
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - id: os-deps
+        name: install OS dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y mandoc debhelper quilt build-essential
+      - id: rustup-setup
+        name: Install rustup and toolchains
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v rustup &>/dev/null; then
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 --retry 10 --retry-connrefused --location --silent --show-error --fail "https://sh.rustup.rs" | sh -s -- --default-toolchain none -y
+            source "${HOME}/.cargo/env"
+            echo "${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+            echo "CARGO_HOME=${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            rustup toolchain install --profile minimal ${{ matrix.rust }} --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+            rustup default ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          fi
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(grep -m1 version meli/Cargo.toml | head -n1 | cut -d'"' -f 2 | head -n1)
+          make deb-dist
+          mkdir artifacts
+          echo "VERSION=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mv ../meli_*.deb artifacts/meli-${VERSION}-${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.deb
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: meli-${{env.VERSION}}-${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.deb
+          path: artifacts/meli-${{env.VERSION}}-${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.deb
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 30
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4184211b..e9e8e63f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export DH_VERBOSE = 1
 %:
 	dh $@  --with quilt
 
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	true
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	true
+
 #override_dh_auto_install:
 #	dh_auto_install -- prefix=/usr