diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53cff85..59f1a76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@
 	@$(SUDO) $(BR)/install-$(PLATFORM)_debug-native/vpp/bin/vpp_api_test
 
 pkg-deb:
-	$(call make,$(PLATFORM),install-deb)
+	$(call make,$(PLATFORM),vpp-package-deb)
+
+pkg-deb-debug:
+	$(call make,$(PLATFORM)_debug,vpp-package-deb)
 
 pkg-rpm: dist
 	make -C extras/rpm
@@ -575,5 +578,3 @@
 	$(call banner,"Running tests")
 	@make COMPRESS_FAILED_TEST_LOGS=yes RETRIES=3 test
 endif
-
-
diff --git a/build-data/packages/vpp.mk b/build-data/packages/vpp.mk
index 2a1b9a7..9ce557a 100644
--- a/build-data/packages/vpp.mk
+++ b/build-data/packages/vpp.mk
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@
 #vpp_make_args = --no-print-directory
 vpp_build = $(CMAKE) --build $(PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR)
 vpp_install = $(CMAKE) --build $(PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR) -- install | grep -v 'Set runtime path'
+
+vpp-package-deb: vpp-install
+	@$(CMAKE) --build $(PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR)/vpp -- package-deb
+	@find $(PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR) \
+          -maxdepth 1 \
+          \( -name '*.changes' -o -name '*.deb' -o -name '*.buildinfo' \) \
+          -exec mv {} $(CURDIR) \;
diff --git a/build-data/platforms.mk b/build-data/platforms.mk
index d067202..bc794ff 100644
--- a/build-data/platforms.mk
+++ b/build-data/platforms.mk
@@ -15,86 +15,3 @@
 $(foreach d,$(SOURCE_PATH_BUILD_DATA_DIRS),	\
   $(eval -include $(d)/platforms/*.mk))
 
-.PHONY: install-deb
-install-deb: $(patsubst %,%-find-source,$(ROOT_PACKAGES))
-	@$(BUILD_ENV) ;							\
-	set -eu$(BUILD_DEBUG) ;						\
-	$(MAKE) -C $(MU_BUILD_ROOT_DIR)					\
-	    $(patsubst %,%-install,					\
-	      $(ROOT_PACKAGES))	|| exit 1;				\
-									\
-	: generate file manifests ;					\
-	find $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/*/bin -type f -print		\
-	  | sed -e 's:.*:../& /usr/bin:' | grep -v vppapigen		\
-	    > deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
-									\
-	: core api definitions ;					\
-	./scripts/find-api-core-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)	\
-	 deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
-									\
-	: need symbolic links in the lib pkg ; 				\
-	find $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/*/lib* \( -type f -o  -type l \)  \
-	  -print | egrep -e '*\.so\.*\.*\.*'				\
-	  | grep -v plugins\/						\
-	  | sed -e 's:.*:../& /usr/lib/$(MACHINE)-linux-gnu:'		\
-	    > deb/debian/vpp-lib.install ;				\
-									\
-	: vnet api definitions ;					\
-	./scripts/find-api-lib-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)	\
-	 deb/debian/vpp-lib.install ;					\
-									\
-	: dev package ;							\
-	./scripts/find-dev-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)		\
-	 deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;					\
-									\
-	: plugins package ;						\
-	./scripts/find-plugins-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)	\
-	 deb/debian/vpp-plugins.install ;				\
-									\
-	: vpp-api-lua package ;						\
-	./scripts/find-vpp-api-lua-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)	\
-	 deb/debian/vpp-api-lua.install ;				\
-									\
-	: vpp-api-java package ;					\
-	./scripts/find-vpp-api-java-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)	\
-	 deb/debian/vpp-api-java.install ;				\
-									\
-	: bin package needs startup config ; 				\
-	echo ../../src/vpp/conf/startup.conf /etc/vpp 			\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
-									\
-	: and sysctl config ; 						\
-	echo ../../src/vpp/conf/80-vpp.conf /etc/sysctl.d 		\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
-									\
-	: bash completion for vppctl ;					\
-	echo ../../src/scripts/vppctl_completion /etc/bash_completion.d	\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
-									\
-	: add log directory ;						\
-	echo /var/log/vpp/						\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp.dirs ;					\
-									\
-	: dev package needs a couple of additions ;			\
-	echo ../$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/vpp/bin/vppapigen /usr/bin	\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;				\
-	echo ../$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/vpp/share/vpp/vppapigen_c.py /usr/share/vpp  \
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;				\
-	echo ../$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/vpp/share/vpp/vppapigen_json.py /usr/share/vpp \
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;				\
-	echo ../../extras/japi/java/jvpp/gen/jvpp_gen.py /usr/bin	\
-	   >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;				\
-	for i in $$(ls ../src/vpp-api/java/jvpp/gen/jvppgen/*.py); do	\
-	   echo ../$${i} /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jvppgen	\
-	       >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install;				\
-	done;								\
-									\
-	: generate changelog;						\
-	./scripts/generate-deb-changelog 				\
-									\
-	: Go fabricate the actual Debian packages ;			\
-	(								\
-	cd deb &&							\
-	dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b					\
-	)
-
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/.gitignore b/build-root/deb/debian/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 489f8eb..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-changelog
-files
-*debhelper*
-*.substvars
-*.install
-*.dirs
-vpp/
-vpp-dev/
-vpp-lib/
-vpp-dbg/
-vppctl/
-vpp-api-lua/
-vpp-api-java/
-vpp-api-python/
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/README.vpp b/build-root/deb/debian/README.vpp
deleted file mode 100755
index b343c78..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/README.vpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-Building DEB packages
-=====================
-
-REQUIREMENTS:
-    You will need a working Internet connection to execute the build, because
-    the build procedure for the included "dpdk" project attempts to contact the
-    Internet host "dpdk.org".
-
-There are three main parts to the process:
-    a) Stage the source tree so that dpkg-source will recognize its organization
-        and create a valid DSC source package for you;
-    b) Ensure that the tools required for building DEB packages are installed;
-        and
-    c) Launch the build.
-
-1) Create, or have on hand, a local clone of the git repository, with no
-untracked files or local modifications pending, up-to-date with the branch or
-commit reference from which you wish to construct the source release.
-
-The branch and repository origins will differ based on local conditions.
-
-Example:
-$ git clone -b master ssh://git@example.com:7999/~username/open-vpp
-
-("-b master" can be omitted since master is the default branch)
-
-2) Rename the checkout with a version number embedded in its name as is
-conventional for code releases.  Again, your version number may vary.
-
-Example:
-$ mv open-vpp open-vpp-0.0.0
-
-3) Ensure that the dpkg-buildpackage program is installed.
-
-E.g.,
-
-# apt-get install dpkg-dev
-
-4) From the PARENT directory of the debian/ directory, run:
-
-$ cd open-vpp-0.0.0
-$ dpkg-buildpackage -I .git -us -uc
-
-(The -us and -uc flags omit GPG signatures from the .dsc and .changes files,
-respectively.  You can add them later, or if you are preparing a signed release
-and have the signing key on hand, leave off the flags.)
-
-5) Get rid of the source directory; you now either have a source package with
-which you can re-create it at any time, or there were problems with the build,
-and you should go back to your git checkout to fix them.
-
-$ rm -r open-vpp-0.0.0
-
-END
-
-vim:set ai et sw=4 ts=4 tw=80:
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/compat b/build-root/deb/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100755
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/control b/build-root/deb/debian/control
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ed42b3..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-Source: vpp
-Section: net
-Priority: extra
-Maintainer: Cisco OpenVPP Packaging Team <bogus.address@cisco.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-systemd, dh-python, chrpath, python-all
-Standards-Version: 3.9.4
-
-Package: vpp
-Architecture: any
-Depends: vpp-lib (= ${source:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
-Description: Vector Packet Processing--executables
- This package provides VPP executables: vpp, vpp_api_test, vpp_json_test
- vpp - the vector packet engine
- vpp_api_test - vector packet engine API test tool
- vpp_json_test - vector packet engine JSON test tool
-
-Package: vpp-dbg
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Vector Packet Processing--debug symbols
-
-Package: vpp-dev
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
-Description: Vector Packet Processing--development support
- This package contains development support files for the VPP libraries
- .
-
-Package: vpp-lib
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime libraries
- This package contains the VPP shared libraries, including:
- .
- vppinfra - foundation library supporting vectors, hashes, bitmaps, pools, and string formatting.
- svm - vm library
- vlib - vector processing library
- vlib-api - binary API library
- vnet -  network stack library
-
-Package: vpp-plugins
-Architecture: any
-Depends: vpp (= ${source:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime plugins
- This package contains VPP plugins
- .
-
-Package: vpp-api-lua
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, vpp (= ${source:Version})
-Description: VPP LUA API bindings
-  This package contains VPP lua api bindings
-  .
-
-Package: vpp-api-java
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, vpp (= ${source:Version})
-Description: VPP Java API bindings
-  This package contains VPP java api bindings
-  .
-
-Package: vpp-api-python
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, vpp (= ${source:Version})
-Description: VPP Python API bindings
-  This package contains VPP python api bindings
-  .
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/rules b/build-root/deb/debian/rules
deleted file mode 100755
index 39be1b5..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
-# output every command that modifies files on the build system.
-DH_VERBOSE = 1
-
-# see EXAMPLES in dpkg-buildflags(1) and read /usr/share/dpkg/*
-DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
-include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
-
-# see FEATURE AREAS in dpkg-buildflags(1)
-#export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
-
-# see ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
-# package maintainers to append CFLAGS
-#export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
-# package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
-#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
-
-export PYBUILD_NAME = vpp-api-python
-export PYBUILD_DIR = ../../src/vpp-api/python
-export PYBUILD_DESTDIR_python2=debian/vpp-api-python/
-export PYBUILD_DISABLE_python2=test
-export PYBUILD_SYSTEM=distutils
-
-# main packaging script based on dh7 syntax
-%:
-	dh $@ --with systemd,python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
-
-override_dh_install:
-	dh_install --exclude .git
-	../scripts/remove-rpath .
-
-override_dh_shlibdeps:
-	@dh_shlibdeps 2>&1 \
-	  | { grep -v -e "probably a plugin" -e "similar warnings have been skipped" || true; }
-
-override_dh_strip:
-	dh_strip --dbg-package=vpp-dbg
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/source/format b/build-root/deb/debian/source/format
deleted file mode 100755
index 89ae9db..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/source/format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (native)
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-bin.README.Debian b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-bin.README.Debian
deleted file mode 100644
index 1922896..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-bin.README.Debian
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-To run vpp with the debug shell:
-
-sudo vpp unix interactive
-
-which will result in a prompt that looks like:
-
-DBGvpd#
-
-To give it a spin, we can create a tap interface and try a simple ping
-(with trace).
-
-To create the tap:
-
-DBGvpd# tap connect foobar
-Created tap-0 for Linux tap 'foobar'
-DBGvpd# show int
-
-To assign it an ip address (and 'up' the interface):
-
-DBGvpd# set int ip address tap-0 192.168.1.1/24
-DBGvpd# set int state tap-0 up
-
-To turn on packet tracing for the tap interface:
-DBGvpd# trace add tapcli-rx 10
-
-Now, to set up and try the other end from the unix prompt:
-vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ sudo ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 dev foobar
-vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ ping -c 3 192.168.1.1
-
-To look at the trace, back in the vpp CLI:
-DBGvpd#  show trace
-
-And to stop tracing:
-
-DBGvpd# clear trace
-
-Other fun things to look at:
-
-The vlib packet processing graph:
-DBGvpd# show vlib graph
-
-which will produce output like:
-
-           Name                      Next                    Previous
-ip4-icmp-input                  error-punt [0]               ip4-local
-                                ip4-icmp-echo-request [1]
-                                vpe-icmp4-oam [2]
-
-To read this, the first column (Name) is the name of the node.
-The second column (Next) is the name of the children of that node.
-The third column (Previous) is the name of the parents of this node.
-
-END
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a451dd..0000000
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-description	"vector packet processing engine"
-author          "Cisco Systems, Inc <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io>"
-
-manual
-
-respawn
-
-pre-start script
-   # should be there via dkms, but if not, start anyway
-   modprobe uio_pci_generic || true
-end script
-
-
-script
-  exec vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup.conf
-end script
-
-post-stop script
-   rm -f /dev/shm/db /dev/shm/global_vm /dev/shm/vpe-api || true
-end script
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/csit-test-branch b/build-root/scripts/csit-test-branch
deleted file mode 100755
index 23cfae1..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/csit-test-branch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-echo latest
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-api-core-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-api-core-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index 8e24584..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-api-core-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-for i in $(find ${1}/vpp/share/vpp/api/core -name *.api.json -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/share/vpp/api/ >> ${2}
-done
-for i in $(find ${1}/vlib-api -name *.api.json -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/share/vpp/api/ >> ${2}
-done
-
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-api-lib-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-api-lib-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index b074266..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-api-lib-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-for i in $(find ${1}/vnet -name *.api.json -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/share/vpp/api/ >> ${2}
-done
-
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-dev-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-dev-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index 0f11045..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-dev-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# includes
-paths=`find $1/*/include -type f -print | grep -v '/dpdk/include/'`
-rm -f $2
-
-for path in $paths
-do
-    relpath=`echo $path | sed -e 's:.*/include/::'`
-    dir=`dirname $relpath`
-    if [ $dir = "." ] ; then
-        echo ../$path /usr/include >> $2
-    else
-        echo ../$path /usr/include/$dir >> $2
-    fi
-done        
-
-# Perf monitor .json tarball
-for i in $(find ${1}/vpp/share/vpp/plugins/perfmon -name *.tar.xz -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/share/vpp/plugins/perfmon >> ${2}
-done
-
-# sample plugin
-paths=`(cd ..; find src/examples/sample-plugin -type f -print | grep -v autom4te)`
-
-for path in $paths
-do
-    relpath=`echo $path | sed -e 's:.*src/examples/::'`
-    dir=`dirname $relpath`
-    if [ $dir = "sample-plugin" ] ; then
-        echo ../../$path /usr/share/doc/vpp/examples/sample-plugin/ >> $2
-    else
-        echo ../../$path \
-        /usr/share/doc/vpp/examples/$dir >> $2
-    fi
-done        
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-plugins-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-plugins-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b39cc8..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-plugins-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-rm -f $2
-
-for i in ${1}/vpp/lib/vpp_plugins/*.so; do
-	echo ../${i} /usr/lib/vpp_plugins >> ${2}
-done
-
-for i in ${1}/vpp/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/*.so; do
-	echo ../${i} /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins >> ${2}
-done
-
-for i in $(find ${1}/plugins ${1}/vpp/share/vpp/api/plugins/ -name *.api.json -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/share/vpp/api/ >> ${2}
-done
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-java-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-java-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index b4cf52f..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-java-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-rm -f $2
-
-for i in $(find ${1}/japi/share/java/ -type f -print); do
-  echo ../${i} /usr/share/java >> ${2}
-done
-
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-lua-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-lua-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index 576bbb8..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-lua-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-#i for now put everything into examples directory
-
-echo ../../src/vpp-api/lua /usr/share/vpp/examples > ${2}
-
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-python-contents b/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-python-contents
deleted file mode 100755
index f6de6f2..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/find-vpp-api-python-contents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-rm -f $2
-
-for i in $(find ${1}/vpp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ -type f -print); do
-    echo ../${i} /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vpp_papi >> ${2}
-done
-
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/generate-deb-changelog b/build-root/scripts/generate-deb-changelog
deleted file mode 100755
index d3112f7..0000000
--- a/build-root/scripts/generate-deb-changelog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-CHANGELOG=deb/debian/changelog
-DIST=unstable
-FIRST=1
-
-print_changelog_item() {
-	DATE=$(git log -1 --format=%cD ${TAG})
-	DEBFULLNAME=$(git log -1 --format=%an ${TAG})
-	DEBEMAIL=$(git log -1 --format=%ae ${TAG})
-
-	if [ ${FIRST} = 0 ]; then echo >> ${CHANGELOG}; fi
-	FIRST=0
-
-	echo "vpp (${VER}) ${DIST}; urgency=low" >> ${CHANGELOG}
-	echo >> ${CHANGELOG}
-	echo "${DESC}" >> ${CHANGELOG}
-	echo >> ${CHANGELOG}
-	echo " -- ${DEBFULLNAME} <${DEBEMAIL}>  ${DATE}" >> ${CHANGELOG}
-}
-
-VER=$(scripts/version)
-TAG=HEAD
-ADDS=$(echo ${VER} | sed -e 's/~.*//'| cut -s -d- -f2)
-
-rm -f ${CHANGELOG}
-
-if [ -n "${ADDS}" ]; then
-	DESC="  * includes ${ADDS} commits after $(echo ${VER}| cut -d- -f1) release"
-	print_changelog_item
-fi
-
-for TAG in $(git tag -l 'v[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]' | sort -r ); do
-	VER=$(echo ${TAG}| sed -e 's/^v//')
-	DESC=$(git tag -l -n20 ${TAG} | tail -n+2 | sed -e 's/^ */  /')
-	print_changelog_item
-done
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/remove-rpath b/build-root/scripts/remove-rpath
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..f7c05f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-root/scripts/remove-rpath
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../src/scripts/remove-rpath
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 09d132a..05ecd0b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
   set(SUBDIRS
     vppinfra svm vlib vlibmemory vlibapi vnet vpp vat vcl plugins
-    vpp-api tools/vppapigen tools/g2 tools/elftool tools/perftool cmake
+    vpp-api tools/vppapigen tools/g2 tools/elftool tools/perftool cmake pkg
   )
 elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Darwin")
   set(SUBDIRS vppinfra)
diff --git a/src/cmake/plugin.cmake b/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
index 1cff910..af3033f 100644
--- a/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   set(plugin_name ${name}_plugin)
   set(api_includes)
   if(NOT PLUGIN_COMPONENT)
-    set(PLUGIN_COMPONENT vpp-plugin-misc)
+    set(PLUGIN_COMPONENT vpp-plugin-core)
   endif()
   if(NOT PLUGIN_DEV_COMPONENT)
     if(NOT VPP_EXTERNAL_PROJECT)
@@ -92,4 +92,3 @@
     COMPONENT ${PLUGIN_COMPONENT}
   )
 endmacro()
-
diff --git a/src/pkg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pkg/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a725e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+get_cmake_property(VPP_COMPONENTS COMPONENTS)
+string(REPLACE ";" " " VPP_COMPONENTS "${VPP_COMPONENTS}")
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND date -R
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE TIMESTAMP
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
+foreach(f rules changelog)
+  configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/${f}.in
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/${f}
+  )
+endforeach()
+
+foreach(f control copyright vpp.postinst vpp.postrm vpp.postinst vpp.service)
+  file(COPY
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/${f}
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian
+  )
+endforeach()
+
+file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debian/compat "9\n")
+
+add_custom_target(package-deb
+  COMMENT "Building .deb packages..."
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+  COMMAND "dpkg-buildpackage" "-us" "-uc" "-b"
+)
diff --git a/src/pkg/debian/changelog.in b/src/pkg/debian/changelog.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d9b87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/debian/changelog.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+vpp (@VPP_VERSION@) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * no description
+
+ -- fd.io VPP <vpp-dev@fd.io>  @TIMESTAMP@
+
diff --git a/src/pkg/debian/control b/src/pkg/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d4c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Source: vpp
+Section: net
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: fd.io VPP Packaging Team <vpp-dev@fd.io>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+               dh-systemd,
+	       dh-python,
+	       python-all
+Standards-Version: 3.9.4
+
+Package: vpp
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libvppinfra (= ${source:Version}),
+         ${shlibs:Depends},
+	 ${misc:Depends},
+	 ${python:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--executables
+ This package provides VPP executables: vpp, vpp_api_test, vpp_json_test
+ vpp - the vector packet engine
+ vpp_api_test - vector packet engine API test tool
+ vpp_json_test - vector packet engine JSON test tool
+
+Package: vpp-dbg
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--debug symbols
+
+Package: vpp-dev
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libvppinfra-dev (= ${source:Version}),
+         ${misc:Depends},
+	 ${python:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--development support
+ This package contains development support files for the VPP libraries
+ .
+
+Package: libvppinfra
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
+         ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime libraries
+ This package contains the VPP shared libraries, including:
+ .
+
+Package: libvppinfra-dev
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime libraries
+ This package contains the VPP shared libraries, including:
+ .
+
+Package: vpp-plugin-core
+Architecture: any
+Depends: vpp (= ${source:Version}),
+         ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime core plugins
+ This package contains VPP core plugins
+ .
+
+Package: vpp-plugin-dpdk
+Architecture: any
+Depends: vpp (= ${source:Version}),
+         ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime dpdk plugin
+ This package contains the VPP dpdk plugin
+ .
+
+Package: vpp-api-python
+Architecture: any
+Depends: vpp (= ${source:Version}),
+         ${python2:Depends},
+	 ${misc:Depends}
+Description: VPP Python API bindings
+  This package contains VPP python api bindings
+  .
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/copyright b/src/pkg/debian/copyright
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/deb/debian/copyright
rename to src/pkg/debian/copyright
diff --git a/src/pkg/debian/rules.in b/src/pkg/debian/rules.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d2bb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/debian/rules.in
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
+# output every command that modifies files on the build system.
+DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+# see EXAMPLES in dpkg-buildflags(1) and read /usr/share/dpkg/*
+DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
+include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME = vpp-api-python
+export PYBUILD_DIR = @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/vpp-api/python
+export PYBUILD_DESTDIR_python2=debian/vpp-api-python/
+export PYBUILD_DISABLE_python2=test
+export PYBUILD_SYSTEM=distutils
+
+# main packaging script based on dh7 syntax
+%:
+	dh $@ --with systemd,python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
+
+override_dh_shlibdeps:
+	@dh_shlibdeps -X_plugin  2>&1 \
+	  | { grep -v -e "probably a plugin" || true; }
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip --dbg-package=vpp-dbg
+
+DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
+override_dh_install:
+	for c in @VPP_COMPONENTS@; do \
+	  @CMAKE_COMMAND@ \
+	    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_CONFIG_NAME=@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@ \
+	    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT=$$c \
+	    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/debian/$$c \
+	    -P @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/cmake_install.cmake ; \
+	  if [ -d debian/$$c/lib ] ; then \
+	    mv debian/$$c/lib debian/$$c/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) ; \
+	    mkdir -p debian/$$c/usr/lib ; \
+	    mv debian/$$c/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) debian/$$c/usr/lib ; \
+	  fi ; \
+	  if [ -d debian/$$c/bin ] ; then \
+	    mv debian/$$c/bin debian/$$c/usr/bin ; \
+	  fi ; \
+	  @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/scripts/remove-rpath debian/$$c ; \
+	done
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.postinst b/src/pkg/debian/vpp.postinst
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/deb/debian/vpp.postinst
rename to src/pkg/debian/vpp.postinst
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.postrm b/src/pkg/debian/vpp.postrm
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/deb/debian/vpp.postrm
rename to src/pkg/debian/vpp.postrm
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.preinst b/src/pkg/debian/vpp.preinst
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/deb/debian/vpp.preinst
rename to src/pkg/debian/vpp.preinst
diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.service b/src/pkg/debian/vpp.service
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/deb/debian/vpp.service
rename to src/pkg/debian/vpp.service
diff --git a/build-root/scripts/remove-rpath b/src/scripts/remove-rpath
similarity index 100%
rename from build-root/scripts/remove-rpath
rename to src/scripts/remove-rpath
diff --git a/src/vat/main.c b/src/vat/main.c
index 295ccec..a542114 100644
--- a/src/vat/main.c
+++ b/src/vat/main.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "vat.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 vat_main_t vat_main;
 
@@ -283,6 +284,37 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void
+vat_find_plugin_path ()
+{
+  extern char *vat_plugin_path;
+  char *p, path[PATH_MAX];
+  int rv;
+  u8 *s;
+
+  /* find executable path */
+  if ((rv = readlink ("/proc/self/exe", path, PATH_MAX - 1)) == -1)
+    return;
+
+  /* readlink doesn't provide null termination */
+  path[rv] = 0;
+
+  /* strip filename */
+  if ((p = strrchr (path, '/')) == 0)
+    return;
+  *p = 0;
+
+  /* strip bin/ */
+  if ((p = strrchr (path, '/')) == 0)
+    return;
+  *p = 0;
+
+  s = format (0, "%s/lib/" CLIB_TARGET_TRIPLET "/vpp_api_test_plugins:"
+	      "%s/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins", path, path);
+  vec_add1 (s, 0);
+  vat_plugin_path = (char *) s;
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -309,6 +341,8 @@
   vec_validate (vam->cmd_reply, 0);
   vec_reset_length (vam->cmd_reply);
 
+  vat_find_plugin_path ();
+
   unformat_init_command_line (a, argv);
 
   while (unformat_check_input (a) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)