diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 09668d8..e864f9c 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ install:
 build_script:
   - python -m pip install -r requirements-devel.txt
   - python -m pip install .
+  - python -m pip uninstall dataclasses  # TODO: where do dataclasses come from on python3.8? Our packages should not require them!
 
 
 #after_build:
diff --git a/datalad_debian/metadata/extractors/debian_package_dataset.py b/datalad_debian/metadata/extractors/debian_package_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2451ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datalad_debian/metadata/extractors/debian_package_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+# emacs: -*- mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+# ex: set sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 noet:
+# ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##
+#
+#   See COPYING file distributed along with the datalad package for the
+#   copyright and license terms.
+#
+# ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##
+"""MetadataRecord extractor for built debian packages"""
+import logging
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import (
+    List,
+    Optional,
+)
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from debian.deb822 import (
+    BuildInfo,
+    Changes,
+    Dsc,
+)
+from debian.debfile import DebFile
+from datalad.api import get
+from datalad_metalad.extractors.base import (
+    DatasetMetadataExtractor,
+    DataOutputCategory,
+    ExtractorResult,
+)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DebianPackageVersion:
+    name: str
+    version_string: str
+    upstream_version: str
+    debian_revision: str
+    platforms: List
+
+
+lgr = logging.getLogger('datalad.debian.extractors.package')
+
+
+class DebianPackageElementNames:
+    def __init__(self,
+                 name: str,
+                 upstream_version: str,
+                 debian_revision: str,
+                 platform: Optional[str] = None):
+
+        upstream_name = f"{name}_{upstream_version}"
+        debian_name = (
+            f"{upstream_name}-{debian_revision}"
+            if debian_revision != "0"
+            else upstream_name
+        )
+        platform_name = f"{debian_name}_{platform}"
+        dbgsym_name = platform_name.replace(f"{name}_", f"{name}-dbgsym_")
+
+        self._names = {
+            "dsc": f"{debian_name}.dsc",
+            "orig": f"{upstream_name}.orig.tar.gz",
+            "debian": f"{debian_name}.debian.tar.gz",
+            **({
+                "deb": f"{platform_name}.deb",
+                "dbgsym": f"{dbgsym_name}.deb",
+                "changes": f"{platform_name}.changes",
+                "buildinfo": f"{platform_name}.buildinfo",
+            } if platform else {}),
+        }
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        return self._names[item]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._names)
+
+    def keys(self):
+        return self._names.keys()
+
+    def items(self):
+        return self._names.items()
+
+    def values(self):
+        return self._names.values()
+
+
+class DebianPackageExtractor(DatasetMetadataExtractor):
+
+    def get_id(self) -> UUID:
+        return UUID("d6203798-fa94-49d8-b71e-54d5fa63a7b4")
+
+    def get_version(self) -> str:
+        return "0.0.1"
+
+    def get_data_output_category(self) -> DataOutputCategory:
+        return DataOutputCategory.IMMEDIATE
+
+    def get_required_content(self) -> bool:
+        get(path=".", dataset=self.dataset)
+        return True
+
+    def extract(self, _=None) -> ExtractorResult:
+
+        d = self.dataset.pathobj
+
+        package_name = None
+        upstream_versions = {}
+
+        for version_info in self._find_versions():
+            source_element_names = DebianPackageElementNames(
+                version_info.name,
+                version_info.upstream_version,
+                version_info.debian_revision
+            )
+
+            package_name = version_info.name
+            package_dsc = Dsc(open(d / source_element_names["dsc"], "rt"))
+            binary_names = {
+                platform: DebianPackageElementNames(
+                    version_info.name,
+                    version_info.upstream_version,
+                    version_info.debian_revision,
+                    platform)
+                for platform in version_info.platforms
+            }
+
+            binary_infos = {
+                platform: self._get_binary_info(d, binary_names[platform])
+                for platform in version_info.platforms
+            }
+
+            if version_info.upstream_version not in upstream_versions:
+                upstream_versions[version_info.upstream_version] = {
+                    "orig": f"(NOT IMPLEMENTED): {source_element_names['orig']}",
+                    "debian_revisions": {}
+                }
+            version_dict = upstream_versions[version_info.upstream_version]
+
+            if version_info.debian_revision not in version_dict["debian_revisions"]:
+                version_dict["debian_revisions"][version_info.debian_revision] = {
+                    "binaries": {}
+                }
+            revision_dict = version_dict["debian_revisions"][version_info.debian_revision]
+
+            revision_dict["debian"] = source_element_names['debian']
+            revision_dict["maintainer"] = package_dsc['maintainer']
+            revision_dict["homepage"] = package_dsc.get('homepage', None)
+            revision_dict["standards-version"] = package_dsc["standards-version"]
+
+            for platform, element_names in binary_names.items():
+                assert platform not in revision_dict["binaries"]
+                revision_dict["binaries"][platform] = binary_infos[platform]
+        if package_name is not None:
+            return ExtractorResult(
+                extractor_version=self.get_version(),
+                extraction_parameter=self.parameter or {},
+                extraction_success=True,
+                datalad_result_dict={
+                    "type": "dataset",
+                    "status": "ok",
+                },
+                immediate_data={
+                    "name": package_name,
+                    "upstream_version": upstream_versions,
+                }
+            )
+        else:
+            return ExtractorResult(
+                extractor_version=self.get_version(),
+                extraction_parameter=self.parameter or {},
+                extraction_success=False,
+                datalad_result_dict={
+                    "type": "dataset",
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "message": "no debian package"
+                }
+            )
+
+    def _get_binary_info(self, path, names):
+        debug_symbols_path = path / names['dbgsym']
+        return {
+            "deb": f"{names['deb']}: {DebFile(path / names['deb'])}",
+            "build_info": f"{names['buildinfo']}: {BuildInfo(open(path / names['buildinfo'], 'rt'))}",
+            "changes": f"{names['changes']}: {Changes(open(path / names['changes'], 'rt'))}",
+            **({
+                "dbgsym": f"{names['dbgsym']}: {DebFile(debug_symbols_path)}"
+            } if debug_symbols_path.exists() else {})
+        }
+
+    def _find_versions(self):
+        """Find all versions and platforms
+
+        Find all versions, i.e. upstream_version and debian_revision. Version
+        detection is based on '.dsc'-files. Platforms are determined based on
+        '.deb' files.
+        """
+        package_dir = self.dataset.pathobj
+
+        all_names = set()
+        for path in package_dir.glob("*.dsc"):
+
+            assert path.is_file() is True, f"Not a file: {path}"
+            name = path.name.split('_')[0]
+            all_names.add(name)
+            assert len(all_names) == 1, f"More than one packet name found: {str(all_names)}"
+
+            version_info = path.name[len(name) + 1:-4]
+            if "-" in version_info:
+                upstream_version, debian_revision = version_info.rsplit("-", 1)
+            else:
+                upstream_version, debian_revision = version_info, "0"
+
+            dsc = Dsc(path.open("rt"))
+            assert dsc["source"] == package_dir.name, f"directory name ({package_dir.name}) does not match source ({dsc['source']}) in .dsc-file."
+            assert dsc["source"] == name, f"file name ({name}) does not match source ({dsc['source']}) in .dsc-file."
+            assert dsc["version"] == version_info, f"version in file name ({version_info}) does not match version ({dsc['version']}) in .dsc-file."
+
+            platform_paths = [
+                platform_path.name[len(f"{name}_{version_info}_"):-4]
+                for platform_path
+                in package_dir.glob(f"{name}_{version_info}_*.deb")]
+
+            yield DebianPackageVersion(
+                name,
+                version_info,
+                upstream_version,
+                debian_revision,
+                platform_paths)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1c0143d..61542e5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ python_requires = >= 3.7
 install_requires =
     datalad >= 0.17
     datalad-container
+    datalad-metalad
     python-debian
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ datalad.extensions =
     # valid datalad interface specification (see demo in this extensions)
     datalad_debian = datalad_debian:command_suite
 
+datalad.metadata.extractors =
+    debian_package_dataset = datalad_debian.metadata.extractors.debian_package_dataset:DebianPackageExtractor
+
 [versioneer]
 # See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
 # re-run 'versioneer.py setup' after changing this section, and commit the
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00cdf7e..ed01d4c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sys
 from setuptools import setup
 import versioneer
 
@@ -12,8 +11,8 @@
 cmdclass.update(build_manpage=BuildManPage)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    setup(name='datalad_debian',
-          version=versioneer.get_version(),
-          cmdclass=cmdclass,
+    setup(
+        name='datalad_debian',
+        version=versioneer.get_version(),
+        cmdclass=cmdclass,
     )
-