diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ac112a3..13c6044 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.145"
 directories = "6.0.0"
 ssh2 = "0.9.5"
 tempfile = "3.10.1"
+gpgme = "0.11"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-log = "0.2.19"
diff --git a/src/build.rs b/src/build.rs
index c0733d9..6d72ee2 100644
--- a/src/build.rs
+++ b/src/build.rs
@@ -2,19 +2,59 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 
+use crate::changelog::parse_changelog_footer;
+use crate::utils::gpg;
+
 /// Build a Debian source package (to a .dsc)
 pub fn build_source_package(cwd: Option<&Path>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let cwd = cwd.unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("."));
 
+    // Parse changelog to get maintainer information from the last modification entry
+    let changelog_path = cwd.join("debian/changelog");
+    let (maintainer_name, maintainer_email) = parse_changelog_footer(&changelog_path)?;
+
+    // Check if a GPG key matching the maintainer's email exists
+    let signing_key = match gpg::find_signing_key_for_email(&maintainer_email) {
+        Ok(key) => key,
+        Err(e) => {
+            // If GPG is not available or there's an error, continue without signing
+            log::warn!("Failed to check for GPG key: {}", e);
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Build arguments
+    let mut args = vec!["-S", "-I", "-i", "-nc", "-d"];
+
+    // If a signing key is found, use it for signing
+    if let Some(key_id) = &signing_key {
+        args.push("-sa"); // Sign the source package
+        args.push("-k");
+        args.push(key_id);
+        log::info!("Using GPG key {} for signing", key_id);
+    } else {
+        log::info!(
+            "No GPG key found for {} ({}), building without signing",
+            maintainer_name,
+            maintainer_email
+        );
+    }
+
     let status = Command::new("dpkg-buildpackage")
         .current_dir(cwd)
-        .args(["-S", "-I", "-i", "-nc", "-d"])
+        .args(&args)
         .status()?;
 
     if !status.success() {
         return Err(format!("dpkg-buildpackage failed with status: {}", status).into());
     }
 
+    if signing_key.is_some() {
+        println!("Package built and signed successfully!");
+    } else {
+        println!("Package built successfully (unsigned).");
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/changelog.rs b/src/changelog.rs
index ab7a990..71481f0 100644
--- a/src/changelog.rs
+++ b/src/changelog.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ fn increment_suffix(version: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
     }
 }
 
-/// Parse a changelog file first entry header, to obtain (package, version, series)
+/// Parse a changelog file first entry header
+/// Returns (package, version, series) tuple from the last modification entry
 pub fn parse_changelog_header(
     path: &Path,
 ) -> Result<(String, String, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -135,6 +136,33 @@ pub fn parse_changelog_header(
     }
 }
 
+/// Parse a changelog file footer to extract maintainer information
+/// Returns (name, email) tuple from the last modification entry
+pub fn parse_changelog_footer(path: &Path) -> Result<(String, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut file = File::open(path)?;
+    let mut content = String::new();
+    file.read_to_string(&mut content)?;
+
+    // Find the last maintainer line (format: -- Name <email>  Date)
+    let re = Regex::new(r"--\s*([^<]+?)\s*<([^>]+)>\s*")?;
+
+    if let Some(last_match) = re.captures_iter(&content).last() {
+        let name = last_match
+            .get(1)
+            .map_or("", |m| m.as_str())
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+        let email = last_match
+            .get(2)
+            .map_or("", |m| m.as_str())
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+        Ok((name, email))
+    } else {
+        Err(format!("No maintainer information found in {}", path.display()).into())
+    }
+}
+
 /*
 * Obtain all commit messages as a list since a tagged version in a git repository
 */
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e3fbba1..738d985 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ pub mod pull;
 /// Handle context for .deb building: locally, over ssh, in a chroot...
 pub mod context;
 
+/// Utility functions
+pub(crate) mod utils;
+
 /// Optional callback function (taking 4 arguments)
 /// - Name of the current main operation (e.g. pulling package)
 /// - Name of the current nested operation (e.g. cloning git repo)
diff --git a/src/utils/gpg.rs b/src/utils/gpg.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4efe81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/gpg.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use gpgme::{Context, Protocol};
+
+/// Check if a GPG key matching 'email' exists
+/// Returns the key ID if found, None otherwise
+pub fn find_signing_key_for_email(
+    email: &str,
+) -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // Create a new GPG context
+    let mut ctx = Context::from_protocol(Protocol::OpenPgp)?;
+
+    // List all secret keys
+    let keys = ctx.secret_keys()?;
+
+    // Find a key that matches the email and can sign
+    for key_result in keys {
+        let key = key_result?;
+        // Check if the key has signing capability
+        if key.can_sign() {
+            // Check user IDs for email match
+            for user_id in key.user_ids() {
+                if let Ok(userid_email) = user_id.email()
+                    && userid_email.eq_ignore_ascii_case(email)
+                    && let Ok(fingerprint) = key.fingerprint()
+                {
+                    return Ok(Some(fingerprint.to_string()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(None)
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0538510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod gpg;