diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99a7d61d6..cbb817f61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ util/build_version.cc
 build_tools/VALGRIND_LOGS/
 coverage/COVERAGE_REPORT
 .gdbhistory
+package/
 .phutil_module_cache
 tags
 java/*.log
 java/include/org_rocksdb_*.h
 unity.cc
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75da74b08..4deb8fc5f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ endif
 LIBRARY = ${LIBNAME}.a
 MEMENVLIBRARY = libmemenv.a
 
+ROCKSDB_MAJOR = 3
+ROCKSDB_MINOR = 4
+
 default: all
 
 #-----------------------------------------------
@@ -178,8 +181,8 @@ SHARED3 = $(SHARED1)
 SHARED = $(SHARED1)
 else
 # Update db.h if you change these.
-SHARED_MAJOR = 3
-SHARED_MINOR = 4
+SHARED_MAJOR = $(ROCKSDB_MAJOR)
+SHARED_MINOR = $(ROCKSDB_MINOR)
 SHARED1 = ${LIBNAME}.$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT)
 SHARED2 = $(SHARED1).$(SHARED_MAJOR)
 SHARED3 = $(SHARED1).$(SHARED_MAJOR).$(SHARED_MINOR)
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ $(SHARED3):
 
 endif  # PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT
 
-.PHONY: blackbox_crash_test check clean coverage crash_test ldb_tests \
+.PHONY: blackbox_crash_test check clean coverage crash_test ldb_tests package \
 	release tags valgrind_check whitebox_crash_test format static_lib shared_lib all \
 	dbg rocksdbjavastatic rocksdbjava install uninstall
 
@@ -276,6 +279,9 @@ tags:
 format:
 	build_tools/format-diff.sh
 
+package:
+	bash build_tools/make_package.sh $(SHARED_MAJOR).$(SHARED_MINOR)
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 	Unit tests and tools
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -627,8 +633,10 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),format)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),jclean)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),jtest)
+ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),package)
 -include $(DEPFILES)
 endif
 endif
 endif
 endif
+endif
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdee5db53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.memory = 4096
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "ubuntu14" do |box|
+    box.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "centos65" do |box|
+    box.vm.box = "chef/centos-6.5"
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/build_tools/make_package.sh b/build_tools/make_package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2ca28023d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/make_package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+function log() {
+  echo "[+] $1"
+}
+
+function fatal() {
+  echo "[!] $1"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+function platform() {
+  local  __resultvar=$1
+  if [[ -f "/etc/yum.conf" ]]; then
+    eval $__resultvar="centos"
+  elif [[ -f "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg" ]]; then
+    eval $__resultvar="ubuntu"
+  else
+    fatal "Unknwon operating system"
+  fi
+}
+platform OS
+
+function package() {
+  if [[ $OS = "ubuntu" ]]; then
+    if dpkg --get-selections | grep --quiet $1; then
+      log "$1 is already installed. skipping."
+    else
+      apt-get install $@ -y
+    fi
+  elif [[ $OS = "centos" ]]; then
+    if rpm -qa | grep --quiet $1; then
+      log "$1 is already installed. skipping."
+    else
+      yum install $@ -y
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function detect_fpm_output() {
+  if [[ $OS = "ubuntu" ]]; then
+    export FPM_OUTPUT=deb
+  elif [[ $OS = "centos" ]]; then
+    export FPM_OUTPUT=rpm
+  fi
+}
+detect_fpm_output
+
+function gem_install() {
+  if gem list | grep --quiet $1; then
+    log "$1 is already installed. skipping."
+  else
+    gem install $@
+  fi
+}
+
+function main() {
+  if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    fatal "Usage: $0 <rocksdb_version>"
+  else
+    log "using rocksdb version: $1"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -d /vagrant ]]; then
+    if [[ $OS = "ubuntu" ]]; then
+      package g++-4.7
+      export CXX=g++-4.7
+
+      # the deb would depend on libgflags2, but the static lib is the only thing
+      # installed by make install
+      package libgflags-dev
+
+      package ruby-all-dev
+    elif [[ $OS = "centos" ]]; then
+      pushd /etc/yum.repos.d
+      if [[ ! -f /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-1.1.repo ]]; then
+        wget http://people.centos.org/tru/devtools-1.1/devtools-1.1.repo
+      fi
+      package devtoolset-1.1-gcc --enablerepo=testing-1.1-devtools-6
+      package devtoolset-1.1-gcc-c++ --enablerepo=testing-1.1-devtools-6
+      export CC=/opt/centos/devtoolset-1.1/root/usr/bin/gcc
+      export CPP=/opt/centos/devtoolset-1.1/root/usr/bin/cpp
+      export CXX=/opt/centos/devtoolset-1.1/root/usr/bin/c++
+      export PATH=$PATH:/opt/centos/devtoolset-1.1/root/usr/bin
+      popd
+      if ! rpm -qa | grep --quiet gflags; then
+        rpm -i https://github.com/schuhschuh/gflags/releases/download/v2.1.0/gflags-devel-2.1.0-1.amd64.rpm
+      fi
+
+      package ruby
+      package ruby-devel
+      package rubygems
+      package rpm-build
+    fi
+  fi
+  gem_install fpm
+
+  make static_lib
+  make install INSTALL_PATH=package
+  fpm \
+    -s dir \
+    -t $FPM_OUTPUT \
+    -n rocksdb \
+    -v $1 \
+    --prefix /usr \
+    --url http://rocksdb.org/ \
+    -m rocksdb@fb.com \
+    --license BSD \
+    --vendor Facebook \
+    --description "RocksDB is an embeddable persistent key-value store for fast storage." \
+    package
+}
+
+main $@