diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f95cc2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Packaging Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - $default-branch
+      - development
+      - master
+  # Run tests for any PRs
+  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  SOURCE_DIR: ./
+  ARTIFACTS_DIR: debian/build/release/
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      env:
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
+    - name: Remove github artefacts
+      run: |
+        rm -rf .github/
+    - name: Adjust distibution in changelog file
+      run: |
+        sed -i '0,/restricted/s//stable/' debian/changelog
+    - name: Build Debian package
+      uses: dawidd6/action-debian-package@v1
+#      uses: pi-top/action-debian-package@v4
+      with:
+#        source_directory: "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+#        artifacts_directory: "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
+        artifacts_directory: debian/build/release/
+#        target_architectures: "amd64,i386"
+#        distribution: 'stable'
+#        os: 'debian'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58dfdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Build Packages
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published, created, edited]
+  # Run tests for any PRs
+#  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  SOURCE_DIR: ./
+  ARTIFACTS_DIR: debian/build/release/
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      env:
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
+    - name: Remove github artefacts
+      run: |
+        rm -rf .github/
+    - name: Adjust distibution in changelog file
+      run: |
+        sed -i '0,/restricted/s//stable/' debian/changelog
+    - name: Build Debian package
+      uses: pi-top/action-debian-package@v4
+      with:
+        artifacts_directory: debian/build/release/
+        target_architectures: "amd64,i386"
+    - name: Upload the artifacts
+      uses: skx/github-action-publish-binaries@master
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+#        releaseId: 'debian/18.20201012+4'
+#        releaseId: ${{ needs.create_release.outputs.id }}
+        args: debian/build/release/*
diff --git a/debian/packaging-helper.py b/debian/packaging-helper.py
index bd01094..b84482b 100755
--- a/debian/packaging-helper.py
+++ b/debian/packaging-helper.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ALLOWED_TESTS_FIELDS = ('Depends',
 # find all plugins
 __basedir__ = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) + os.path.sep + '..')
 __plugins__ = [p for p in os.listdir(__basedir__) 
-                   if (os.path.isdir(__basedir__ + os.path.sep + p) and p!='debian' and p!='.git' and p!='.pc' and p!='redhat')]
+                   if (os.path.isdir(__basedir__ + os.path.sep + p) and p!='debian' and p!='.git' and p!='.github' and p!='.pc' and p!='redhat')]
 __plugins__.sort()
 
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 89fc165..9bf0e9b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-PLUGINS := $(shell find $(CURDIR) -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name .git -prune -o -name .pc -prune -o -name debian -prune -o -type d -printf '%f\n' | sort)
+PLUGINS := $(shell find $(CURDIR) -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name .git* -prune -o -name .pc -prune -o -name debian -prune -o -type d -printf '%f\n' | sort)
 PKGNAME = monitoring-plugins-cyconet
 
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