diff --git a/bash/sipwise-base.sh b/bash/sipwise-base.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75543e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/sipwise-base.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Collection of Sipwise common bash functions.
+#
+
+set -e
+set -u
diff --git a/bash/sipwise-init.sh b/bash/sipwise-init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..486b313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/sipwise-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#
+# Collection of Sipwise sysvinit bash functions.
+#
diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
index 1f8bef4..78f85e3 100644
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 /.debhelper/
 /debhelper-build-stamp
 /files
+/libsipwise-base-bash/
 /libsipwise-base-perl/
+/tmp/
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1176b45..30c177a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ Description: Sipwise base perl module
  This package provides the Sipwise::Base Perl module which contains
  standard Sipwise boilerplate and tries to enforce best coding practices
  via code checks and default settings.
+
+Package: libsipwise-base-bash
+Architecture: all
+Description: Sipwise base bash library
+ This package provides several Bash library files, which contain common
+ shell functions to be used on Sipwise's codebase.
+ .
+ Included libraries:
+ - sipwise-base.sh: Common functions for any bash script.
+ - sipwise-init.sh: Common functions for sysvinit script.
diff --git a/debian/libsipwise-base-bash.install b/debian/libsipwise-base-bash.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fab2b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libsipwise-base-bash.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bash/* /usr/share/bash/
diff --git a/debian/libsipwise-base-perl.install b/debian/libsipwise-base-perl.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cc7b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libsipwise-base-perl.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/share/man
+usr/share/perl5