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+# Building your own Docker deb package
+
+`.deb` packages can be built from this directory with the following syntax
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli deb
+```
+
+Artifacts will be located in `debbuild` under the following directory structure:
+`debbuild/$distro-$distro_version/`
+
+### NOTES:
+* `ENGINE_DIR` -> Specifies the directory where the engine code is located, eg: `$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/docker`
+* `CLI_DIR` -> Specifies the directory where the cli code is located, eg: `$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/cli`
+
+## Specifying a specific distro
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli ubuntu
+```
+
+## Specifying a specific distro version
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli ubuntu-xenial
+```
+
+## Building the latest docker-ce
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/docker/docker-ce.git
+make ENGINE_DIR=docker-ce/components/engine CLI_DIR=docker-ce/components/cli deb
+```
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+# Building your own Docker rpm package
+
+`.rpm` packages can be built from this directory with the following syntax
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli rpm
+```
+
+Artifacts will be located in `rpmbuild` under the following directory structure:
+`rpmbuild/$distro-$distro_version/`
+
+### NOTES:
+* `ENGINE_DIR` -> Specifies the directory where the engine code is located, eg: `$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/docker`
+* `CLI_DIR` -> Specifies the directory where the cli code is located, eg: `$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/cli`
+
+## Specifying a specific distro
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli fedora
+```
+
+## Specifying a specific distro version
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli fedora-25
+```
+
+## Building the latest docker-ce
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/docker/docker-ce.git
+make ENGINE_DIR=docker-ce/components/engine CLI_DIR=docker-ce/components/cli rpm
+```