diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45bfe2e316b51e6fde2ed6a968cb0183be917aa9..41b28df1fa2f16679f9051af11e59e8294564df6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.iso
 grub_target.cfg
+ubuntu-dependencies/tardis.deb
diff --git a/ubuntu-dependencies/build.sh b/ubuntu-dependencies/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4278e54b1760ae1d950a10f5d15db071c0021b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubuntu-dependencies/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dpkg -b tardisDev tardis.deb
diff --git a/ubuntu-dependencies/tardisDev/DEBIAN/control b/ubuntu-dependencies/tardisDev/DEBIAN/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b57161ef94897d255d7b170f3c4049afcaa24e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubuntu-dependencies/tardisDev/DEBIAN/control
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Package: osak-tardis-dependencies
+Version: 0.1.0
+Architecture: all
+Essential: no
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Depends: mtools, gddrescue, p7zip-full, coreutils, fdisk, rsync, git, dosfstools, grub-theme-starfield, squashfs-tools, dpkg-dev, grub-pc, grub-common, xorriso, apt, bash, grep, tar, binutils, wget, sed
+Maintainer: OSAK <osak@fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de>
+Installed-Size: 0
+Description: dependencies to develop and use TARDIS