diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ab85e6ac..1a8955750 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ matrix:
 #      - ZULUJDK=6
 
 before_install:
+  # installing the rpm package 
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq rpm
   # adding $HOME/.sdkman to cache would create an empty directory, which interferes with the initial installation
   - "[[ -d $HOME/.sdkman/bin/ ]] || rm -rf $HOME/.sdkman/"
   - curl -sL https://get.sdkman.io | bash
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 98e435511..8b94ccfc2 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,69 @@
                             </dataSet>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.2.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>generate-rpm</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>rpm</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <license>(c) Alibaba, GPLv3</license>
+                            <distribution>Arthas</distribution>
+                            <group>Development/tools</group>
+                            <packager>Alibaba</packager>
+                            <prefix>/usr/share</prefix>
+                            <defineStatements>
+                                <defineStatement>_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0</defineStatement>
+                            </defineStatements>
+                            <mappings>
+                                <mapping>
+                                    <directory>/usr/share/arthas</directory>
+                                    <filemode>755</filemode>
+                                    <username>root</username>
+                                    <groupname>root</groupname>
+                                    <sources>
+                                        <source>
+                                            <location>${project.build.directory}/arthas-${project.version}-bin</location>
+                                        </source>
+                                    </sources>
+                                </mapping>
+                                <mapping>
+                                    <directory>/usr/local/bin</directory>
+                                    <filemode>755</filemode>
+                                    <username>root</username>
+                                    <groupname>root</groupname>
+                                    <sources>
+                                        <softlinkSource>
+                                            <location>/usr/share/arthas/as.sh</location>
+                                        </softlinkSource>
+                                    </sources>
+                                </mapping>
+                                <mapping>
+                                    <directory>/usr/share/man/man1</directory>
+                                    <filemode>755</filemode>
+                                    <username>root</username>
+                                    <groupname>root</groupname>
+                                    <sources>
+                                        <source>
+                                            <location>../packaging/src/deb/man1/arthas.1</location>
+                                        </source>
+                                    </sources>
+                                </mapping>
+                            </mappings>
+                            <requires>
+                                <require>curl</require>
+                                <require>telnet</require>
+                                <require>unzip</require>
+                            </requires>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>