diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d81153f..1e0db62e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/driver ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/driver)
 add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/userspace/libscap ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/libscap)
 add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/userspace/libsinsp ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/libsinsp)
 
+add_subdirectory(scripts)
 add_subdirectory(rules)
 add_subdirectory(userspace/digwatch)
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-${CM
 set(CPACK_PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake")
 set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES "ON")
 
-set(CPACK_GENERATOR DEB)
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR DEB RPM TGZ)
 
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Sysdig <support@sysdig.com>")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "utils")
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4af86d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+configure_file(debian/postinst.in debian/postinst)
+configure_file(debian/prerm.in debian/prerm)
diff --git a/scripts/debian/postinst.in b/scripts/debian/postinst.in
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e187dac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/postinst.in
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
+DKMS_VERSION="@PROBE_VERSION@"
+
+postinst_found=0
+
+case "$1" in
+	configure)
+		for DKMS_POSTINST in /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME/postinst; do
+			if [ -f $DKMS_POSTINST ]; then
+				$DKMS_POSTINST $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME $DKMS_VERSION /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME "" $2
+				postinst_found=1
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+		if [ "$postinst_found" -eq 0 ]; then
+			echo "ERROR: DKMS version is too old and $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME was not"
+			echo "built with legacy DKMS support."
+			echo "You must either rebuild $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME with legacy postinst"
+			echo "support or upgrade DKMS to a more current version."
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/scripts/debian/prerm.in b/scripts/debian/prerm.in
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8b841812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/prerm.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
+DKMS_VERSION="@PROBE_VERSION@"
+
+case "$1" in
+	remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+		if [  "$(dkms status -m $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME -v $DKMS_VERSION)" ]; then
+			dkms remove -m $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME -v $DKMS_VERSION --all
+		fi
+	;;
+esac