diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f0cecc313ab2689adbee0431ed6b0cbbe79fa572..ca06a433f728b4453a6d27e9fe4c0236be929fe1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+apertis-dev-tools (0.2024.1) apertis; urgency=medium
+
+  * Integration of VSCodium installation script 
+
+ -- Sudarshan C P <sudarshan.cp2@in.bosch.com>  Tue, 29 Aug 2023 04:07:50 +0000
+
 apertis-dev-tools (0.2024.1) apertis; urgency=medium
 
   * import-debian-package: do not use Path objects as a context manager.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e8cc4b85ea01ece07e25eecd78a9dced0e3ca7f0..40f241c5d129f2860f1533905b80849150a6ed03 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  dh-sequence-python3,
  flatpak,
  git-buildpackage,
+ gnupg2,
  ostree,
  python3-argcomplete,
  python3-debian,
@@ -47,3 +48,12 @@ Suggests:
 Recommends: gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
 Description: Apertis development tools to help building, deploying and
  debugging applications
+
+Package: vscodium-ide-setup
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: configure the apt repository and its key to install VSCodium
+ This package configures the apt repository and its key to install VSCodium.
+ .
+ After package installation issue 
+ "sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y codium" to actually install VSCodium.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f3edf67124208332009761254e43573b31aa3d0c..b4ebfd8e991db18dca3fa48a5901a0a60048e4ad 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install --destdir=debian/tmp
+
+execute_before_dh_install:
+	cat vscodium/vscodium-pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor > vscodium/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+execute_before_dh_auto_clean:
+	rm -f vscodium/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+download_vscodium_key:
+	# Based on https://vscodium.com/#install-on-debian-ubuntu-deb-package
+	wget -O vscodium/vscodium-pub.gpg \
+		https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg
diff --git a/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.install b/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bc331523880a59ba9861dc9a533fe8f2d20f532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vscodium/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg	/usr/share/keyrings/
diff --git a/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.postinst b/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6a504cd25cd2ce4cbc41b1c1c9b080e0a6fc4d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/vscodium-ide-setup.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+echo 'deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/vscodium/vscodium-pub.gpg b/vscodium/vscodium-pub.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4fb5f708a58a955a84f709149cac35e90154139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscodium/vscodium-pub.gpg
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
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