diff --git a/debian/util.sh b/debian/util.sh
index cb69823c7c..e5e561a26d 100755
--- a/debian/util.sh
+++ b/debian/util.sh
@@ -72,10 +72,112 @@ install_build_depends () {
   touch $ddir/.stamp-build-depends
 }
 
+cwget () {
+  local url="$1" f="${1##*/}"
+  echo "fetching: $url to $f" >&2
+  if [ -n "$FS_FILES_DIR" ]; then
+    if ! [ -s "$FS_FILES_DIR/$f" ]; then
+      (cd $FS_FILES_DIR && wget -N "$url")
+    fi
+    cp -a $FS_FILES_DIR/$f .
+  else
+    wget -N "$url"
+  fi
+}
+
+getlib () {
+  local sd="$1" url="$2" f="${2##*/}"
+  (cd $sd/libs \
+    && cwget "$url" \
+    && tar -xv --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -f "$f" \
+    && rm -f "$f" \
+    && mkdir -p $f)
+}
+
+getsound () {
+  local sd="$1" url="$2" f="${2##*/}"
+  (cd $sd \
+    && cwget "$url")
+}
+
+getlibs () {
+  local sd="$1"
+  # get pinned libraries
+  getlib $sd http://downloads.mongodb.org/cxx-driver/mongodb-linux-x86_64-v1.8-latest.tgz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/json-c-0.9.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/libmemcached-0.32.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/soundtouch-1.6.0.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/flite-1.5.4-current.tar.bz2
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/sphinxbase-0.7.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/pocketsphinx-0.7.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/communicator_semi_6000_20080321.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/celt-0.10.0.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/opus-0.9.0.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/openldap-2.4.19.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-2.1.9.tar.gz \
+    || getlib $sd http://download.zeromq.org/historic/zeromq-2.1.9.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/freeradius-client-1.1.6.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/lame-3.98.4.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/libshout-2.2.2.tar.gz
+  getlib $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/downloads/libs/mpg123-1.13.2.tar.gz
+  # get sounds and music
+  for x in 8000 16000 32000 48000; do
+    getsound $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/freeswitch-sounds-en-us-callie-$x-1.0.18.tar.gz
+    getsound $sd http://files.freeswitch.org/freeswitch-sounds-music-$x-1.0.8.tar.gz
+  done
+  # cleanup mongo
+  (
+    cd $sd/libs/mongo-cxx-driver-v1.8
+    rm -rf config.log .sconf_temp *Test *Example
+    find . -name "*.o" -exec rm -f {} \;
+  )
+}
+
+get_current_version () {
+  cat $ddir/changelog \
+    | grep -e '^freeswitch ' \
+    | awk '{print $2}' \
+    | sed -e 's/[()]//g' -e 's/-.*//'
+}
+
+create_orig () {
+  . $ddir/../scripts/ci/common.sh
+  local xz_level="6"
+  while getopts 'dZ:' o; do
+    case "$o" in
+      d) set -vx;;
+      Z) xz_level="$OPTARG";;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $(($OPTIND-1))
+  eval $(parse_version "$(get_current_version)")
+  local destdir="$1" n=freeswitch
+  local d=${n}-${dver} f=${n}_${dver}
+  local sd=${ddir}/sdeb/$d
+  [ -n "$destdir" ] || destdir=$ddir/../../
+  mkdir -p $sd
+  tar -c -C $ddir/../ \
+    --exclude=.git \
+    --exclude=debian \
+    --exclude=freeswitch.xcodeproj \
+    --exclude=fscomm \
+    --exclude=htdocs \
+    --exclude=w32 \
+    --exclude=web \
+    -vf - . | tar -x -C $sd -vf -
+  (cd $sd && set_fs_ver "$gver" "$gmajor" "$gminor" "$gmicro" "$grev")
+  getlibs $sd
+  tar -c -C $ddir/sdeb -vf $ddir/sdeb/$f.orig.tar $d
+  xz -${xz_level}v $ddir/sdeb/$f.orig.tar
+  mv $ddir/sdeb/$f.orig.tar.xz $destdir
+  rm -rf $ddir/sdeb
+}
+
 cmd="$1"
 shift
 case "$cmd" in
   create-dbg-pkgs) create_dbg_pkgs ;;
+  create-orig) create_orig "$@" ;;
   list-build-depends) list_build_depends ;;
   install-build-depends) install_build_depends ;;
 esac