diff --git a/dash-pipeline/Makefile b/dash-pipeline/Makefile
index 77eafe36b..ae9dcc903 100644
--- a/dash-pipeline/Makefile
+++ b/dash-pipeline/Makefile
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ SAI/lib/libsai.so: sai-headers sai-meta
 libsai-clean:
 	rm -rf SAI/lib/*
 
+libsai-debs: libsai
+	@echo "build dash libsai debian packages ..."
+	cd SAI/debian && make
+
+.PHONY: libsai-debs-clean
+libsai-debs-clean:
+	cd SAI/debian && make clean
+
 .PHONY:sai-clean
 sai-clean: SAI/SAI libsai-clean saithrift-server-clean
 	@echo "Restoring SAI subdirectories to baseline..."
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/.gitignore b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8fc55cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.deb
+**/usr
+**/DEBIAN/md5sums
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/Makefile b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87ace1d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+# TODO lib directory could be changed to /usr/local/lib
+
+VERSION=1.0.0
+
+all: debs
+
+debs: libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64.deb libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64.deb
+
+libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64.deb: ../SAI/inc/*.h ../SAI/experimental/*.h
+	mkdir -p -m 755 libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr/include/sai
+	find -type d |xargs chmod go-w
+	install -vCD -m 644 ../SAI/inc/*.h libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr/include/sai/
+	install -vCD -m 644 ../SAI/experimental/*.h libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr/include/sai/
+	cd libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64 && find usr -type f | xargs md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
+	dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64
+
+libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64.deb: ../lib/libsai.so
+	mkdir -p -m 755 libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
+	find -type d |xargs chmod go-w
+	install -vCD ../lib/libsai.so libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsai.so
+	cd libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64 && find usr -type f | xargs md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
+	dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64
+
+.PHONY: clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.deb */DEBIAN/md5sums
+	rm -rf libsai_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr libsai-dev_$(VERSION)_amd64/usr
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai-dev_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai-dev_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d99790f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai-dev_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libsai-dev
+Source: dash
+Version: 1.0.0
+Architecture: amd64
+Maintainer: Kamil Cudnik <kcudnik@microsoft.com>
+Section: libdevel
+Priority: optional
+Description: This package contains development files for DASH libsai
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b942a729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libsai
+Source: dash
+Version: 1.0.0
+Architecture: amd64
+Maintainer: Kamil Cudnik <kcudnik@microsoft.com>
+Section: libs
+Priority: optional
+Description: This package contains DASH libsai
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/shlibs b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/shlibs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93ca2571f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/shlibs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libsai 0 libsai
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/triggers b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/triggers
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd8660367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/debian/libsai_1.0.0_amd64/DEBIAN/triggers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+activate-noawait ldconfig