diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/container-publish.yml
index 3980b5e..6610833 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-publish.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ jobs:
             version: latest
             context: leap
             file: leap/Containerfile
+          - os: debian
+            version: "12.0"
+            context: debian
+            file: debian/Containerfile-12.0
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 168e774..2301c9f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 * Ryan Thomson <ryan.thomson@ubc.ca>
 * Brian Phan <bphan@ciq.com>
 * Simppa Äkäslompolo (@sjjamsa)
+* Carlos Felipe S Pinheiro <felpin1@gmail.com>
diff --git a/debian/Containerfile b/debian/Containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda1074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/Containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+FROM debian
+
+
+# ----- install vital packages -----
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND teletype
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	kmod \
+	systemd-sysv \
+	dbus \
+	openssh-client \
+	openssh-server \
+	isc-dhcp-client \
+	pciutils \
+	strace \
+	nfs-common \
+	ethtool\
+	ifupdown \
+	linux-image-$(dpkg --print-architecture) \
+	ifmetric \
+	netbase && \
+	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+COPY excludes /etc/warewulf/
+COPY container_exit.sh /etc/warewulf/
+
+CMD [ "/bin/echo", "-e", \
+      "This image is intended to be used with the Warewulf cluster management and", \
+      "\nprovisioning system.", \
+      "\n", \
+      "\nFor more information about Warewulf, visit https://warewulf.org" ]
diff --git a/debian/Containerfile-12.0 b/debian/Containerfile-12.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28bc76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/Containerfile-12.0
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+FROM debian:12.0
+
+
+# ----- install vital packages -----
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND teletype
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	kmod \
+	systemd-sysv \
+	dbus \
+	openssh-client \
+	openssh-server \
+	isc-dhcp-client \
+	pciutils \
+	strace \
+	nfs-common \
+	ethtool\
+	ifupdown \
+	linux-image-$(dpkg --print-architecture) \
+	ifmetric \
+	netbase && \
+	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+COPY excludes /etc/warewulf/
+COPY container_exit.sh /etc/warewulf/
+
+CMD [ "/bin/echo", "-e", \
+      "This image is intended to be used with the Warewulf cluster management and", \
+      "\nprovisioning system.", \
+      "\n", \
+      "\nFor more information about Warewulf, visit https://warewulf.org" ]
diff --git a/debian/container_exit.sh b/debian/container_exit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11ce88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/container_exit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+LANG=C
+LC_CTYPE=C
+export LANG LC_CTYPE
+apt-get clean
diff --git a/debian/excludes b/debian/excludes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5be2a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/excludes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/boot/