diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
index 01015b6b3..56381914d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
-    - github-action-test
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..249998e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Ubuntu Launchpad Build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - github-action-test
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - master
+
+jobs:
+  push-to-ppa:
+
+    name: Submit build to Ubuntu Launchpad
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - name: Setup build dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y devscripts dput gpg debhelper qt5-qmake cmake
+
+    - name: Setup gpg key token for launchpad
+      env:
+        GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PPA_SECRET_KEY }}
+      run: |
+        echo "$GPG_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.key
+        gpg --import ~/.key
+
+    - name: setup git
+      run: |
+        git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/subsurface/subsurface
+        git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/subsurface/subsurface/libdivecomputer
+
+    - name: Checkout googlemaps
+      run: |
+        cd ..
+        git clone https://github.com/subsurface/googlemaps
+
+    - name: run the launchpad make-package script
+      run: |
+        cd ..
+        bash -x subsurface/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh post
+
diff --git a/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control b/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
index e10eefefa..6099f7c4d 100644
--- a/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Source: subsurface
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
+Maintainer: Subsurface CI Bot <dirk@subsurface-divelog.org>
 Build-Depends: asciidoc,
                debhelper (>= 9),
                libgconf2-dev,
                libtool,
                libxml2-dev,
                libxslt-dev,
+               libgit2-dev,
                libsoup2.4-dev,
                pkg-config,
                txt2html,
diff --git a/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh b/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
index 6ea93eedd..7fb61f71b 100644
--- a/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # it is included in our source tar file
 #
 
-if [[ $(pwd | grep "subsurface$") || ! -d subsurface || ! -d subsurface/libdivecomputer ]] ; then
+if [[ ! -d subsurface || ! -d subsurface/libdivecomputer ]] ; then
 	echo "Please start this script from the folder ABOVE the subsurface source directory"
 	exit 1;
 fi
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ VERSION=$(echo $GITVERSION | sed -e 's/-/./')
 GITDATE=$(cd subsurface ; git log -1 --format="%at" | xargs -I{} date -d @{} +%Y-%m-%d)
 LIBDCREVISION=$(cd subsurface/libdivecomputer ; git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 
+export DEBSIGN_PROGRAM="gpg --passphrase-file passphrase_file.txt --batch --no-use-agent"
+export DEBSIGN_KEYID="F58109E3"
+
 if [[ "$GITVERSION" = "" ]] ; then
 	SUFFIX=".release"
 else
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ echo "preparing the debian directory"
 
 # this uses my (Dirk's) email address by default... simply set that variable in your
 # environment prior to starting the script
-test -z $DEBEMAIL && export DEBEMAIL=dirk@hohndel.org
+test -z $DEBEMAIL && export DEBEMAIL=dirk@subsurface-divelog.org
 
 # copy over the debian files and allow maintaining a release and daily changelog files
 rm -rf debian