diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c930c941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(mergerfs LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+include(CMakeDependentOption)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+if(NOT DEFINED ENABLE_XATTR)
+    set(ENABLE_XATTR "AUTO")
+endif()
+# we could have used option(ENABLE_XATTR) here, but it doesn't allow for AUTO behavior
+set(ENABLE_XATTR "${ENABLE_XATTR}" CACHE STRING "Build with xattr support (AUTO, YES, NO)")
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_XATTR "Include dir with xattr headers"
+    OFF "ENABLE_XATTR"
+    OFF)
+option(WITH_INTERNAL_FUSE "Use bundled (YES) or system (NO) libfuse" "YES")
+
+if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo" CACHE STRING)
+endif()
+
+file(GLOB mergerfs_sources src/*.cpp src/*.icpp src/*.hpp src/*.h)
+set(version_hpp "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.hpp")
+list(APPEND mergerfs_sources ${version_hpp})
+add_executable(mergerfs ${mergerfs_sources})
+target_include_directories(mergerfs PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+set(GIT2DEBCL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/git2debcl")
+
+find_program(PANDOC pandoc)
+if(NOT PANDOC)
+    message(WARNING "pandoc does not appear available: manpage won't be buildable")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT DEFINED ${MERGERFS_VERSION})
+    set(git_toplevel_dir)
+    find_program(GIT git)
+    if(GIT)
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${GIT} rev-parse --show-toplevel
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE git_toplevel_dir
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        if(git_toplevel_dir)
+            file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${git_toplevel_dir}" git_toplevel_dir)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    if(git_toplevel_dir STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
+        # we're in a git worktree, and not in a super-project git tree
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${GIT} describe --always --tags --dirty
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE MERGERFS_VERSION
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION")
+        file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" MERGERFS_VERSION)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "mergerfs version can't be determined. Use release tarball or run from within mergerfs git repository")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+# XXX: might get stale
+# after MERGERFS_VERSION is defined
+configure_file(src/version.hpp.in "${version_hpp}" @ONLY)
+
+if(ENABLE_XATTR) # including "AUTO"
+    if(WITH_XATTR)
+        find_path(XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR attr/xattr.h PATHS "${WITH_XATTR}")
+    else()
+        find_path(XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR attr/xattr.h)
+    endif()
+    if(NOT XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR)
+        if(ENABLE_XATTR EQUAL "AUTO")
+            set(msg_level "WARNING")
+        else()
+            # xattr is explicitly requested, but is not available
+            set(msg_level "FATAL_ERROR")
+        endif()
+        message("${msg_level}" "xattr not available: disabling")
+    endif()
+else()
+    set(XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR NO)
+endif()
+if(XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR)
+    target_include_directories(mergerfs PRIVATE "${XATTR_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+else()
+    target_compile_definitions(mergerfs PRIVATE "-DWITHOUT_XATTR")
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_INTERNAL_FUSE)
+    include(ExternalProject)
+    ExternalProject_Add(libfuse_internal
+        URL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfuse"
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory m4
+        COMMAND autoreconf --force --install
+        COMMAND ./configure CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} --enable-lib --disable-util --disable-example
+        BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}
+        INSTALL_COMMAND true
+        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    )
+    ExternalProject_Get_Property(libfuse_internal SOURCE_DIR)
+    ExternalProject_Get_Property(libfuse_internal BINARY_DIR)
+    add_library(libfuse STATIC IMPORTED)
+    set_property(TARGET libfuse PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${BINARY_DIR}/lib/.libs/libfuse.a")
+
+    add_dependencies(mergerfs libfuse_internal)
+    target_include_directories(mergerfs PRIVATE "${SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+    target_compile_definitions(mergerfs PRIVATE "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
+    target_link_libraries(mergerfs PRIVATE libfuse dl)
+    set_property(TARGET mergerfs APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-pthread")
+else()
+    set(EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ 2.9.7)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_search_module(FUSE REQUIRED "fuse >= ${EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ}")
+    target_include_directories(mergerfs PRIVATE "${FUSE_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    target_compile_options(mergerfs PRIVATE "${FUSE_CFLAGS_OTHER}")
+    target_link_libraries(mergerfs PRIVATE "${FUSE_LIBRARIES}")
+    set_property(TARGET mergerfs APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "${FUSE_LDFLAGS_OTHER}")
+    link_directories("${FUSE_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
+endif()
+
+set(UGID_USE_RWLOCK 0)
+
+target_compile_definitions(mergerfs PRIVATE
+    "-DFUSE_USE_VERSION=29"
+    "-DUGID_USE_RWLOCK=${UGID_USE_RWLOCK}"
+)
+
+target_compile_options(mergerfs PRIVATE "-Wall" "-Wno-unused-result")
+
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT mount.mergerfs
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink mergerfs mount.mergerfs
+    DEPENDS mergerfs
+    VERBATIM
+)
+add_custom_target(create-mount.mergerfs ALL
+    DEPENDS mount.mergerfs
+)
+
+
+install(TARGETS mergerfs DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mount.mergerfs" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
+
+set(manpage "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/man/mergerfs.1")
+
+if(PANDOC)
+    set(manpage "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mergerfs.1")
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${manpage}"
+        COMMAND ${PANDOC} -s -t man -o "${manpage}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md"
+        DEPENDS README.md
+        VERBATIM
+    )
+endif()
+install(
+    FILES "${manpage}"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1"
+)
+add_custom_target(man ALL DEPENDS "${manpage}")
+
+
+if(GIT)
+    add_custom_target(changelog
+        COMMAND ${GIT2DEBCL} --name ${PROJECT_NAME} > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog
+        BYPRODUCTS changelog
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+    add_custom_target(authors
+        COMMAND ${GIT} log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -fu > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS
+        BYPRODUCTS AUTHORS
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+
+endif()
+
+if(EXISTS /usr/bin/apt-get)
+    add_custom_target(install-build-pkgs
+        COMMAND apt-get -qy update
+        COMMAND apt-get -qy --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends --force-yes install build-essential git g++ debhelper libattr1-dev python automake libtool lsb-release
+    )
+elseif(EXISTS /usr/bin/dnf)
+    add_custom_target(install-build-pkgs
+        COMMAND dnf -y update
+        COMMAND dnf -y install git rpm-build libattr-devel gcc-c++ make which python automake libtool gettext-devel
+    )
+elseif(EXISTS /usr/bin/yum)
+    add_custom_target(install-build-pkgs
+        COMMAND yum -y update
+        COMMAND yum -y install git rpm-build libattr-devel gcc-c++ make which python automake libtool gettext-devel
+    )
+endif()
+
+
+
+
+
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB;RPM")
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${MERGERFS_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "another FUSE union filesystem")
+set(package_long_description
+    "mergerfs is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.
+    Like mhddfs in that it too uses FUSE.
+    Like aufs in that it provides multiple policies for how to handle behavior."
+)
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "\\$\{shlibs\:Depends}, \\$\{misc\:Depends}, fuse [linux-any] | fuse4bsd [kfreebsd-any]")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_BUILDS_DEPENDS "debhelper (>= 8.0.0), libattr1-dev")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "utils")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "optional")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION
+    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY}
+    ${package_long_description}"
+)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS "ON")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_STRICT_PERMISSION "ON")
+
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/docs;${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/debian/copyright;${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog"
+)
+
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE "1%{?dist}")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "ISC")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_GROUP "Applications/System")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL "http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "fuse")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUMMARY "${CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY}")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "${package_long_description}")
+# TODO: CPACK_RPM_CHANGELOG_FILE
+
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${MERGERFS_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/")
+# CPACK_SOURCE_INSTALLED_DIRECTORIES
+# custom_target instead of cpack source generator?
+
+include(CPack)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a3b4c678..00000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,247 +0,0 @@
-#  Copyright (c) 2016, Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
-#
-#  Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
-#  purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-#  copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
-#
-#  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
-#  WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-#  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
-#  ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
-#  WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
-#  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
-#  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-
-GIT 	  = 	$(shell which git)
-TAR 	  = 	$(shell which tar)
-MKDIR     = 	$(shell which mkdir)
-TOUCH 	  = 	$(shell which touch)
-CP        = 	$(shell which cp)
-RM 	  = 	$(shell which rm)
-LN        =     $(shell which ln)
-FIND 	  = 	$(shell which find)
-INSTALL   = 	$(shell which install)
-MKTEMP    = 	$(shell which mktemp)
-STRIP     = 	$(shell which strip)
-PANDOC    =	$(shell which pandoc)
-SED       =     $(shell which sed)
-GZIP      =     $(shell which gzip)
-RPMBUILD  =     $(shell which rpmbuild)
-GIT2DEBCL =     ./tools/git2debcl
-PKGCONFIG =     pkg-config
-
-GIT_REPO = 0
-ifneq ($(GIT),)
-ifeq  ($(shell test -e .git; echo $$?),0)
-GIT_REPO = 1
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(PANDOC),)
-$(warning "pandoc does not appear available: manpage won't be buildable")
-endif
-
-XATTR_AVAILABLE = $(shell test ! -e /usr/include/attr/xattr.h; echo $$?)
-
-INTERNAL_FUSE = 1
-EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ = 2.9.7
-
-ifeq ($(INTERNAL_FUSE),1)
-FUSE_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Ilibfuse/include
-FUSE_LIBS   = libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a
-FUSE_TARGET = $(FUSE_LIBS)
-else
-FUSE_CFLAGS := $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --cflags 'fuse >= $(EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ)')
-FUSE_LIBS   := $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --libs   'fuse >= $(EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ)')
-FUSE_TARGET :=
-ifeq ($(FUSE_CFLAGS)$(FUSE_LIBS),)
-$(error "Use of external FUSE requested, but no libfuse >= $(EXTERNAL_FUSE_MIN_REQ) found.")
-endif
-endif
-
-UGID_USE_RWLOCK = 0
-
-OPTS 	    = -O2
-SRC	    = $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
-OBJ         = $(SRC:src/%.cpp=obj/%.o)
-DEPS        = $(OBJ:obj/%.o=obj/%.d)
-TARGET      = mergerfs
-MANPAGE     = $(TARGET).1
-CFLAGS      = -g -Wall \
-	      $(OPTS) \
-	      -Wno-unused-result \
-              $(FUSE_CFLAGS) \
-              -DFUSE_USE_VERSION=29 \
-              -MMD \
-	      -DUGID_USE_RWLOCK=$(UGID_USE_RWLOCK)
-
-PREFIX        = /usr/local
-EXEC_PREFIX   = $(PREFIX)
-DATAROOTDIR   = $(PREFIX)/share
-DATADIR       = $(DATAROOTDIR)
-BINDIR        = $(EXEC_PREFIX)/bin
-SBINDIR       = $(EXEC_PREFIX)/sbin
-MANDIR        = $(DATAROOTDIR)/man
-MAN1DIR       = $(MANDIR)/man1
-
-INSTALLBINDIR  = $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-INSTALLSBINDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-INSTALLMAN1DIR = $(DESTDIR)$(MAN1DIR)
-
-ifeq ($(XATTR_AVAILABLE),0)
-$(warning "xattr not available: disabling")
-CFLAGS += -DWITHOUT_XATTR
-endif
-
-all: $(TARGET)
-
-help:
-	@echo "usage: make"
-	@echo "make XATTR_AVAILABLE=0 - to build program without xattrs functionality (auto discovered otherwise)"
-	@echo "make INTERNAL_FUSE=0   - to build program with external (system) libfuse rather than the bundled one ('-o threads=' option will be unavailable)"
-
-$(TARGET): version obj/obj-stamp $(FUSE_TARGET) $(OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ $(FUSE_LIBS) -ldl -pthread -lrt
-
-mount.mergerfs: $(TARGET)
-	$(LN) -fs "$<" "$@"
-
-changelog:
-ifeq ($(GIT_REPO),1)
-	$(GIT2DEBCL) --name $(TARGET) > ChangeLog
-endif
-
-authors:
-ifeq ($(GIT_REPO),1)
-	$(GIT) log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -f | uniq > AUTHORS
-endif
-
-version:
-	tools/update-version
-
-obj/obj-stamp:
-	$(MKDIR) -p obj
-	$(TOUCH) $@
-
-obj/%.o: src/%.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-
-clean: rpm-clean libfuse_Makefile
-	$(RM) -f src/version.hpp
-	$(RM) -rf obj
-	$(RM) -f "$(TARGET)" mount.mergerfs
-	$(FIND) . -name "*~" -delete
-ifeq ($(INTERNAL_FUSE),1)
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE) clean
-endif
-
-distclean: clean libfuse_Makefile
-ifeq ($(INTERNAL_FUSE),1)
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE) distclean
-endif
-ifeq ($(GIT_REPO),1)
-	$(GIT) clean -fd
-endif
-
-install: install-base install-mount.mergerfs install-man
-
-install-base: $(TARGET)
-	$(MKDIR) -p "$(INSTALLBINDIR)"
-	$(INSTALL) -v -m 0755 "$(TARGET)" "$(INSTALLBINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
-
-install-mount.mergerfs: mount.mergerfs
-	$(MKDIR) -p "$(INSTALLBINDIR)"
-	$(CP) -a "$<" "$(INSTALLBINDIR)/$<"
-
-install-man: $(MANPAGE)
-	$(MKDIR) -p "$(INSTALLMAN1DIR)"
-	$(INSTALL) -v -m 0644 "man/$(MANPAGE)" "$(INSTALLMAN1DIR)/$(MANPAGE)"
-
-install-strip: install-base
-	$(STRIP) "$(INSTALLBINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
-
-uninstall: uninstall-base uninstall-mount.mergerfs uninstall-man
-
-uninstall-base:
-	$(RM) -f "$(INSTALLBINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
-
-uninstall-mount.mergerfs:
-	$(RM) -f "$(INSTALLBINDIR)/mount.mergerfs"
-
-uninstall-man:
-	$(RM) -f "$(INSTALLMAN1DIR)/$(MANPAGE)"
-
-$(MANPAGE): README.md
-ifneq ($(PANDOC),)
-	$(PANDOC) -s -t man -o "man/$(MANPAGE)" README.md
-endif
-
-man: $(MANPAGE)
-
-tarball: distclean man changelog authors version
-	$(eval VERSION := $(shell cat VERSION))
-	$(eval VERSION := $(subst -,_,$(VERSION)))
-	$(eval FILENAME := $(TARGET)-$(VERSION))
-	$(eval TMPDIR := $(shell $(MKTEMP) --tmpdir -d .$(FILENAME).XXXXXXXX))
-	$(MKDIR) $(TMPDIR)/$(FILENAME)
-	$(CP) -ar . $(TMPDIR)/$(FILENAME)
-	$(TAR) --exclude=.git -cz -C $(TMPDIR) -f $(FILENAME).tar.gz $(FILENAME)
-	$(RM) -rf $(TMPDIR)
-
-debian-changelog:
-ifeq ($(GIT_REPO),1)
-	$(GIT2DEBCL) --name $(TARGET) > debian/changelog
-else
-	cp ChangeLog debian/changelog
-endif
-
-signed-deb: debian-changelog
-	dpkg-buildpackage
-
-deb: debian-changelog
-	dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
-
-rpm-clean:
-	$(RM) -rf rpmbuild
-
-rpm: tarball
-	$(eval VERSION := $(shell cat VERSION))
-	$(eval VERSION := $(subst -,_,$(VERSION)))
-	$(MKDIR) -p rpmbuild/BUILD rpmbuild/RPMS rpmbuild/SOURCES
-	$(SED) 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/g' $(TARGET).spec > \
-		rpmbuild/SOURCES/$(TARGET).spec
-	cp -ar $(TARGET)-$(VERSION).tar.gz rpmbuild/SOURCES
-	$(RPMBUILD) -ba rpmbuild/SOURCES/$(TARGET).spec \
-		--define "_topdir $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild"
-
-install-build-pkgs:
-ifeq ($(shell test -e /usr/bin/apt-get; echo $$?),0)
-	apt-get -qy update
-	apt-get -qy --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends --force-yes \
-		install build-essential git g++ debhelper libattr1-dev python automake libtool lsb-release
-else ifeq ($(shell test -e /usr/bin/dnf; echo $$?),0)
-	dnf -y update
-	dnf -y install git rpm-build libattr-devel gcc-c++ make which python automake libtool gettext-devel
-else ifeq ($(shell test -e /usr/bin/yum; echo $$?),0)
-	yum -y update
-	yum -y install git rpm-build libattr-devel gcc-c++ make which python automake libtool gettext-devel
-endif
-
-unexport CFLAGS
-.PHONY: libfuse_Makefile
-libfuse_Makefile:
-ifeq ($(INTERNAL_FUSE),1)
-ifeq ($(shell test -e libfuse/Makefile; echo $$?),1)
-	cd libfuse && \
-	$(MKDIR) -p m4 && \
-	autoreconf --force --install && \
-        ./configure --enable-lib --disable-util --disable-example
-endif
-endif
-
-libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a: libfuse_Makefile
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE)
-
-.PHONY: all clean install help version
-
--include $(DEPS)
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec635144..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
deleted file mode 100644
index c6576844..00000000
--- a/debian/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Source: mergerfs
-Section: utils
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
- libattr1-dev
-Standards-Version: 3.9.4
-Homepage: http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
-
-Package: mergerfs
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
- ${misc:Depends},
- fuse [linux-any] | fuse4bsd [kfreebsd-any]
-Description: another FUSE union filesystem
- mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifying storage and
- management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It is
- similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
deleted file mode 100755
index 5bc75ab5..00000000
--- a/debian/rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-# -*- makefile -*-
-
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-%:
-	dh $@
-
-override_dh_auto_install:
-	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/mergerfs PREFIX=/usr install
diff --git a/mergerfs.spec b/mergerfs.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 55adfeca..00000000
--- a/mergerfs.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-Name:		mergerfs
-Version:	__VERSION__
-Release:	1%{?dist}
-Summary:	A FUSE union filesystem
-
-Group:		Applications/System
-License:	ISC
-URL:		https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
-
-Source:		mergerfs-%{version}.tar.gz
-
-BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:	libattr-devel
-# rpmbuild driven by the Makefile uses git to generate a version number
-BuildRequires:	git
-
-Requires:	fuse
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-%description
-mergerfs is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs. Like mhddfs in that it too
-uses FUSE. Like aufs in that it provides multiple policies for how to handle
-behavior.
-
-%build
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-%install
-make install PREFIX=%{_prefix} DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
-
-%files
-%{_bindir}/*
-%doc %{_mandir}/*
-
-%changelog
-* Mon Jan 25 2016 Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
-- Remove sbin files
-
-* Sat Sep 05 2015 Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
-- Include PREFIX to install
-
-* Mon Dec 29 2014 Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
-- Tweak rpmbuild to archive current git HEAD into a tarball, then (re)build in
-  the rpmbuild directory -- more complicated but seemingly better suited to
-  generate source and debug rpms.
-
-* Fri Jun 20 2014 Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
-- Initial rpm spec file.
diff --git a/src/version.hpp.in b/src/version.hpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f862e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.hpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#pragma once
+static const char MERGERFS_VERSION[] = "@MERGERFS_VERSION@";
diff --git a/tools/update-version b/tools/update-version
deleted file mode 100755
index f102eec6..00000000
--- a/tools/update-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-GIT=$(which git)
-if [ "${GIT}" = "" ]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-VERSION=$(git describe --always --tags --dirty)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
-fi
-
-if [ "${VERSION}" = "" ]; then
-    VERSION="unknown"
-fi
-
-echo -n "${VERSION}" > VERSION
-grep -q \"${VERSION}\" src/version.hpp
-RV=$?
-if [ $RV -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "#pragma once" > src/version.hpp
-    echo "static const char MERGERFS_VERSION[] = \"${VERSION}\";" >> src/version.hpp
-fi