diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d4661aa7..b994b639 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ byobu (5.124) unreleased; urgency=medium
   * debian/control, usr/bin/wifi-status,
     usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
     - kill the double bracket;  doesn't always print nicely
+  * === added directory snap, snap/snapcraft.yaml:
+    - initial crack at snap packaging
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:28:42 -0500
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d973624c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: byobu
+version: 5.124
+summary: text window manager, shell multiplexer, integrated DevOps environment
+description: >
+    Byobu is Ubuntu's powerful text-based window manager, shell multiplexer, and
+    integrated DevOps environment.
+    Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows
+    over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, split each of those windows into
+    multiple panes, monitor dozens of important statistics about your system,
+    detach and reattach to sessions later while your programs continue to run in
+    the background.
+confinement: classic
+grade: stable
+
+parts:
+  byobu:
+    plugin: nil
+    stage-packages: [byobu]
+    stage:
+        - -bin/byobu
+    snap:
+        - -bin/byobu
+
+apps:
+   byobu:
+     command: byobu