diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fdd27701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+services:
+  - docker
+
+before_install:
+  - docker build -t verilator .
+
+script:
+  - docker run --rm -e PACKAGE_VERSION=${TRAVIS_TAG:-0.0UNTAGGED} -v $PWD:/usr/src/app verilator ./build-deb.sh
+
+deploy:
+  provider: releases
+  api_key:
+    secure: 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
+  file: verilator_${TRAVIS_TAG}_amd64.deb
+  skip_cleanup: true
+  on:
+    repo: sifive/verilator
+    tags: true
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4132f1417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+  autoconf \
+  bison \
+  flex \
+  g++ \
+  make
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index b0089df7f..a633daeb7 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 =pod
 
+=head1 FORK NOTES
+
+This is a fork of the Verilator project which adds some steps for automatically
+creating a .deb package from a release. Travis is configured to automatically
+run a build and upload a release to GitHub whenever a tag is created. You can
+simply cherry-pick the latest commit on top of a real Verilator release and
+create a tag from that.
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 This is the Verilator package README file.
diff --git a/build-deb.sh b/build-deb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7c765535b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-deb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+pkg_arch=amd64
+pkg_dir=$(realpath ./verilator_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_${pkg_arch})
+
+autoconf
+./configure
+make
+make test
+make install DESTDIR=$pkg_dir
+
+mkdir $pkg_dir/DEBIAN
+cat << EOF > $pkg_dir/DEBIAN/control
+Package: verilator
+Version: ${PACKAGE_VERSION}
+Architecture: ${pkg_arch}
+Maintainer: Richard Xia <rxia@sifive.com>
+Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1)
+Description: fast free Verilog simulator
+EOF
+
+dpkg-deb --build $pkg_dir