diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 521ec920bd6..f2e51df9100 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ if(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake generation is not allowed within source directory!! Please set a build folder with '-B'!!")
 endif()
 
-project(tt-metal
-        VERSION 1.0
-        DESCRIPTION "Tenstorrent Metallium"
+project(Metalium
+        VERSION 0.50.0
+        DESCRIPTION "Tenstorrent Metalium"
         HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/tenstorrent/tt-metal"
         LANGUAGES CXX
 )
@@ -292,3 +292,7 @@ add_custom_target(clean-built
    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/built
    COMMENT "Cleaning `built` directory"
 )
+
+# Debian Package
+include(cmake/packaging.cmake)
+
diff --git a/cmake/packaging.cmake b/cmake/packaging.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..473f8e4b8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/packaging.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "support@tenstorrent.com")
+#set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "")
+
+include(CPack)