diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index 79f43e25e..40afb847f 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
     [CmdletBinding()]param(
         [ValidateSet("dev", "beta", "preview")]
         [string]$Channel = "rel-1.0.0",
-        [string]$Version = "latest"
+        [string]$Version = "latest",
+        [switch]$Package
     )
 
     log "Installing Open PowerShell build dependencies"
@@ -451,6 +452,8 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             $Deps += "curl", "g++", "cmake", "make"
             # .NET Core required runtime libraries
             $Deps += "libicu52", "libunwind8"
+            # Packaging tools
+            if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-dev" }
             # Install dependencies
             sudo apt-get install -y -qq $Deps
         } elseif ($IsCentos) {
@@ -458,6 +461,8 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             $Deps += "curl", "gcc-c++", "cmake", "make"
             # .NET Core required runtime libraries
             $Deps += "libicu", "libunwind"
+            # Packaging tools
+            if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-devel", "rpmbuild" }
             # Install dependencies
             sudo yum install -y -q $Deps
         } elseif ($IsOSX) {
@@ -466,6 +471,8 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             $Deps += "curl", "cmake"
             # .NET Core required runtime libraries
             $Deps += "openssl"
+            # Packaging tools
+            if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby" }
             # Install dependencies
             brew install $Deps
             # OpenSSL libraries must be updated
@@ -474,6 +481,11 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             Write-Warning "This script only supports Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, and OS X, you must install dependencies manually!"
         }
 
+        # Install [fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm)
+        if ($Package) {
+            gem install fpm
+        }
+
         $obtainUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/cli/rel/1.0.0/scripts/obtain"
 
         # Install for Linux and OS X