diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..378eac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1af8671..74de0f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,40 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Widgets REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Widgets)
+if (Qt5_FOUND)
+	add_subdirectory("src")
 
-add_subdirectory("src")
+	if (UNIX)
+		install(FILES resources/fdt-viewer.svg DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps)
+		install(FILES resources/fdt-viewer.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
+	endif (UNIX)
+endif()
+
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+# the commit's SHA1, and whether the building workspace was dirty or not
+execute_process(COMMAND
+        "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --match=NeVeRmAtCh --always --dirty
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_SHA1
+        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}-${GIT_SHA1}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Bartłomiej Burdukiewicz")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Dmitry Mikushin <dmitry@kernelgen.org>")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS libqt5gui5)
+set(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "usr")
+
+add_custom_target(docker
+        COMMAND docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ${PROJECT_NAME} .
+        COMMAND docker create --name ${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME}
+	COMMAND docker cp ${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}:/root/build/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.deb ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+        COMMAND docker rm -f ${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        COMMENT "Building ${PROJECT_NAME} in a Docker container")
+
+include(CPack)
 
-if (UNIX)
-    install(FILES resources/fdt-viewer.svg DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps)
-    install(FILES resources/fdt-viewer.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
-endif (UNIX)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c37fa9..4d70897 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Options:
   -d, --directory <directory>  open directory.
 ```
 
-#### Installation process
+#### Installation
 ```console
 user@host # git clone --recursive https://github.com/dev-0x7C6/fdt-viewer.git
 user@host # cd fdt-viewer
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ user@host # make -j$(nproc)
 root@host # make install
 ```
 
+#### Packaging with Docker
+Create a Debian package of ftd-viewer in a Docker container and install it to the host system:
+```console
+user@host # git clone --recursive https://github.com/dev-0x7C6/fdt-viewer.git
+user@host # cd fdt-viewer
+user@host # cmake .
+user@host # make docker
+root@host # dpkg -i "fdt-viewer*.deb"
+```
+
 #### Known bugs
 - presentation of data-types is under development
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f30e7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+LABEL maintainer="dmitry@kernelgen.org"
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
+        git \
+	cmake \
+	make \
+	g++ \
+	qtbase5-dev && \
+    apt-get clean
+
+COPY . /root/
+
+WORKDIR /root
+
+RUN mkdir build && cd build && \
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && \
+	cmake --build . && \
+	cpack
+