diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ace74675a..0680c118d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1043,3 +1043,5 @@ add_custom_target(uninstall
 # Add subdirectories (in order of deps)
 ########################################################################
 add_subdirectory(src)
+
+include(GnssSdrPackaging)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GnssSdrPackaging.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GnssSdrPackaging.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27b2ee89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GnssSdrPackaging.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2014  (see AUTHORS file for a list of contributors)
+#
+# This file is part of GNSS-SDR.
+#
+# GNSS-SDR is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNSS-SDR is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNSS-SDR. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+
+if(DEFINED __INCLUDED_GNSS_SDR_PACKAGE_CMAKE)
+    return()
+endif()
+set( __INCLUDED_GNSS_SDR_PACKAGE_CMAKE TRUE)
+
+
+#set the cpack generator based on the platform type
+if(CPACK_GENERATOR)
+    #already set by user
+elseif(APPLE)
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR PackageMaker)
+elseif(WIN32)
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR NSIS)
+elseif(DEBIAN)
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR DEB)
+elseif(REDHAT)
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR RPM)
+else()
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR TGZ)
+endif()
+
+
+
+########################################################################
+# Setup CPack
+########################################################################
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "GNSS-SDR - An Open Source GNSS Software Defined Receiver")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR              "Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT             "Carles Fernandez-Prades <carles.fernandez@cttc.cat>")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON                ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/doxygen/images/gnss-sdr_logo_round.png)
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR       ${VERSION_INFO_MAJOR_VERSION}
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR       ${VERSION_INFO_API_COMPAT}
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH       ${VERSION_INFO_MINOR_VERSION}
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE       ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING)
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md)
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_WELCOME       ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md)
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR            "TGZ;TZ")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION      "Science")
+#set(DEBIAN_PACKAGE_BUILDS_DEPENDS     "cmake (>= 2.8.8), libstdc++6 (>= 4.7)" 
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS      "libboost-dev (>= 1.45),
+                                       libstdc++6 (>= 4.7),
+                                       libc6 (>= 2.18),
+                                       gnuradio (>= 3.7),
+                                       libarmadillo-dev (>= 1:4.400.2),
+                                       liblapack-dev (>= 3.5),
+                                       libopenblas-dev  (>= 0.2),
+                                       gfortran (>= 1:4.7),
+                                       libssl-dev (>= 1.0),
+                                       libgflags-dev (>= 2.0)")
+
+#find_program(LSB_RELEASE_EXECUTABLE lsb_release)
+
+#if((DEBIAN OR REDHAT) AND LSB_RELEASE_EXECUTABLE)
+    #extract system information by executing the commands
+#    execute_process(
+#       COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_EXECUTABLE} --short --id
+#        OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_ID OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+#    )
+    
+#    execute_process(	
+#       COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_EXECUTABLE} --short --release
+#        OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_RELEASE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+#    )
+
+    #set a more sensible package name for this system
+#    SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "gnss-sdr_${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}_${LSB_ID}-${LSB_RELEASE}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+
+    #now try to include the component based dependencies
+#    set(package_deps_file "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Packaging/${LSB_ID}-${LSB_RELEASE}.cmake")
+#    if (EXISTS ${package_deps_file})
+#        include(${package_deps_file})
+#    endif()
+#endif()
+
+
+include(CPack)
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