diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+rakuos-lb-build-settings (1.0.0-1-1rakuos2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * add rakuos builds
+
+ -- Tohur <tohur@rakuos.org>  Wed, 25 Nov 2025 23:22:44 -0700
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Source: rakuos-lb-build-settings
+Section: metapackages
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: RakuOS Team <tohur@tohur.xyz>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2
+
+Package: rakuos-lb-build-settings
+Architecture: all
+Replaces: debootstrap
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Core OS config for RakuOS
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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index 0000000..5b4d8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: RakuOS Branding
+Upstream-Contact: Joshua Webb <contact@rakuos.org>
+Source: https://rakuos.org/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2025 Joshua Webb
+License: GPL-3+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
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index 0000000..598c06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr/* usr/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac856e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Simple dh (debhelper) build rules file
+%:
+	dh $@
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ae9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (native)
diff --git a/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stable b/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stable
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d940ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stable
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# shellcheck shell=sh
+mirror_style release
+download_style apt
+finddebs_style from-indices
+variants - buildd fakechroot minbase
+keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rakuos-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+
+# include common settings
+if [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/scripts/debian-common" ]; then
+ . "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/scripts/debian-common"
+elif [ -e /debootstrap/debian-common ]; then
+ . /debootstrap/debian-common
+elif [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/debian-common" ]; then
+ . "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/debian-common"
+else
+ error 1 NOCOMMON "File not found: debian-common"
+fi
diff --git a/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/staging b/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/staging
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d940ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/staging
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# shellcheck shell=sh
+mirror_style release
+download_style apt
+finddebs_style from-indices
+variants - buildd fakechroot minbase
+keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rakuos-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+
+# include common settings
+if [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/scripts/debian-common" ]; then
+ . "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/scripts/debian-common"
+elif [ -e /debootstrap/debian-common ]; then
+ . /debootstrap/debian-common
+elif [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/debian-common" ]; then
+ . "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/debian-common"
+else
+ error 1 NOCOMMON "File not found: debian-common"
+fi