--- a/python/mozboot/bin/bootstrap.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/bin/bootstrap.py
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
 # available locally.
 REPOSITORY_PATH_PREFIX = 'python/mozboot'
 
 REPOSITORY_PATHS = [
     'mozboot/__init__.py',
     'mozboot/base.py',
     'mozboot/bootstrap.py',
     'mozboot/centos.py',
+    'mozboot/debian.py',
     'mozboot/fedora.py',
     'mozboot/gentoo.py',
     'mozboot/mint.py',
     'mozboot/openbsd.py',
     'mozboot/osx.py',
     'mozboot/ubuntu.py',
 ]
 

--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/bootstrap.py
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
 
 # If we add unicode_literals, Python 2.6.1 (required for OS X 10.6) breaks.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import platform
 import sys
 
 from mozboot.centos import CentOSBootstrapper
+from mozboot.debian import DebianBootstrapper
 from mozboot.fedora import FedoraBootstrapper
 from mozboot.gentoo import GentooBootstrapper
 from mozboot.mint import MintBootstrapper
 from mozboot.osx import OSXBootstrapper
 from mozboot.openbsd import OpenBSDBootstrapper
 from mozboot.ubuntu import UbuntuBootstrapper
 
 
@@ -36,16 +37,18 @@ class Bootstrapper(object):
         cls = None
         args = {}
 
         if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
             distro, version, dist_id = platform.linux_distribution()
 
             if distro == 'CentOS':
                 cls = CentOSBootstrapper
+            elif distro in ('Debian', 'debian'):
+                cls = DebianBootstrapper
             elif distro == 'Fedora':
                 cls = FedoraBootstrapper
             elif distro == 'Gentoo Base System':
                 cls = GentooBootstrapper
             elif distro in ('Mint', 'LinuxMint'):
                 cls = MintBootstrapper
             elif distro == 'Ubuntu':
                 cls = UbuntuBootstrapper

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+# You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import os
+
+from mozboot.base import BaseBootstrapper
+
+class DebianBootstrapper(BaseBootstrapper):
+    def __init__(self, version, dist_id):
+        BaseBootstrapper.__init__(self)
+
+        self.version = version
+        self.dist_id = dist_id
+
+    def install_system_packages(self):
+        self.run_as_root(['apt-get', 'build-dep', 'iceweasel'])
+
+        self.apt_install(
+            'autoconf2.13',
+            'libasound2-dev',
+            'libcurl4-openssl-dev',
+            'libiw-dev',
+            'libnotify-dev',
+            'libxt-dev',
+            'mercurial',
+            'mesa-common-dev',
+            'uuid',
+            'yasm')