diff --git a/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst b/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst
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index 000000000..e0aa5131b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst
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+# Required packages for development in Debian
+build-essential
+libprotobuf-dev
+libprotobuf-c0-dev
+protobuf-c-compiler
+protobuf-compiler
+python-protobuf
+
+# Extra packages, required for testing and building other tools
+pkg-config
+libnl-3-dev
+python-ipaddr
+libbsd0
+libbsd-dev
+iproute2
+libcap-dev
+libaio-dev
+python-yaml
diff --git a/scripts/install-debian-pkgs.sh b/scripts/install-debian-pkgs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c8af34f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-debian-pkgs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Install required packages for development environment in Debian Distro
+
+REQ_PKGS=${REQ_PKGS:=contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst}
+
+help_msg="Install required packages for development environment in Debian Distro
+Usage:
+	scripts/install-debian-pkgs.sh"
+
+function print_help()
+{
+	exec echo -e "$help_msg"
+}
+
+function process()
+{
+	sudo apt-get update
+	sudo apt-get install -yq $( sed 's/\#.*$//' ${REQ_PKGS} )
+}
+
+if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+	print_help
+else
+	process
+fi