diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 75745dc..7ba7116 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ---
 project_name: xmidt-agent
 
+version: 2
 
 changelog:
   use: github
@@ -71,6 +72,33 @@ archives:
         format: zip
     name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}'
 
+nfpms:
+  -
+    vendor: xmidt-org
+    homepage: https://github.com/xmidt-org/xmidt-agent
+    license: Apache-2.0
+    maintainer: see_maintainers_file@example.com
+    description: The client agent for the Xmidt service.
+
+    formats:
+      - ipk
+
+    dependencies:
+      - systemd
+
+    contents:
+      # systemd service file
+      - src: .release/ipk/xmidt-agent.service
+        dst: /usr/lib/systemd/system/xmidt-agent.service
+
+      # base configuration file
+      - src: .release/ipk/config.yml
+        dst: /etc/xmidt-agent/01-config.yml
+
+    ipk:
+      fields:
+        Bugs: https://github.com/xmidt-org/xmidt-agent/issues
+
 source:
   enabled: true
   name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_src'
diff --git a/.release/ipk/config.yml b/.release/ipk/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f16a386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release/ipk/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Put any configuration values that should always be present here.
+#
+# Note:
+#  These values should be generic and apply to all consumers (openwrt, rdk, etc)
+---
diff --git a/.release/ipk/xmidt-agent.service b/.release/ipk/xmidt-agent.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ac404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release/ipk/xmidt-agent.service
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+[Unit]
+Description=The client agent for the Xmidt service.
+After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
+
+[Service]
+User=xmidt-agent
+Group=xmidt-agent
+SyslogIdentifier=xmidt-agent
+PIDFile=/run/xmidt-agent.pid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/xmidt-agent.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/xmidt-agent
+Type=simple
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+KillMode=process
+PrivateTmp=true
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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