diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2ef9e9b..40268ae 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Team upload.
   * New upstream release
+    - Build the new jawn-util module
   * No longer build with the embedded SBT using Scala 2.10 (Closes: #893456)
   * Standards-Version updated to 4.2.1
   * Switch to debhelper level 11
diff --git a/debian/clean b/debian/clean
index d3198fe..46d7228 100644
--- a/debian/clean
+++ b/debian/clean
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ast/target/
 parser/target/
+util/target/
 support/argonaut/target/
 support/json4s/target/
 support/play/target/
diff --git a/debian/libjawn-java.poms b/debian/libjawn-java.poms
index 91d0cf9..9f7da0b 100644
--- a/debian/libjawn-java.poms
+++ b/debian/libjawn-java.poms
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 debian/poms/jawn-ast.pom       --java-lib --usj-name=jawn-ast       --artifact=ast/target/jawn-ast.jar
 debian/poms/jawn-parser.pom    --java-lib --usj-name=jawn-parser    --artifact=parser/target/jawn-parser.jar
+debian/poms/jawn-util.pom      --java-lib --usj-name=jawn-util      --artifact=util/target/jawn-util.jar
 
 #debian/poms/jawn-argonaut.pom  --java-lib --usj-name=jawn-argonaut  --artifact=support/argonaut/target/jawn-argonaut.jar
 debian/poms/jawn-json4s.pom    --java-lib --usj-name=jawn-json4s    --artifact=support/json4s/target/jawn-json4s.jar
diff --git a/debian/poms/jawn-util.pom b/debian/poms/jawn-util.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f059d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/poms/jawn-util.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.spire-math</groupId>
+    <artifactId>jawn-util_2.11</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <description>util</description>
+    <url>http://github.com/non/jawn</url>
+    <version>0.11.1</version>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>MIT</name>
+            <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+    <name>util</name>
+    <organization>
+        <name>org.spire-math</name>
+        <url>http://github.com/non/jawn</url>
+    </organization>
+    <scm>
+        <url>https://github.com/non/jawn</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:non/jawn.git</connection>
+    </scm>
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>d_m</id>
+            <name>Erik Osheim</name>
+            <email>erik@plastic-idolatry.com</email>
+            <url>http://github.com/non/</url>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
+            <version>2.11.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.spire-math</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jawn-parser_2.11</artifactId>
+            <version>0.11.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scalatest_2.11</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.3</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scalacheck</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scalacheck_2.11</artifactId>
+            <version>1.13.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dbc2418..d037bc9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,42 +17,47 @@
 	cp -R parser/src/main/resources/* parser/target/classes
 	jar cf parser/target/jawn-parser.jar -C parser/target/classes .
 
+	# util
+	mkdir -p util/target/classes
+	scalac -d util/target/classes $(shell find util/src/main/scala -name *.scala)
+	jar cf util/target/jawn-util.jar -C util/target/classes .
+
 	# ast
 	mkdir -p ast/target/classes
-	scalac -d ast/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find ast/src/main/scala -name *.scala)
+	scalac -d ast/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find ast/src/main/scala -name *.scala)
 	jar cf ast/target/jawn-ast.jar -C ast/target/classes .
 
 	# support/argonaut (requires io.argonaut:argonaut)
 	#mkdir -p support/argonaut/target/classes; \
-	#scalac -d support/argonaut/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find support/argonaut/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	#scalac -d support/argonaut/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find support/argonaut/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	#jar cf support/argonaut/target/jawn-argonaut.jar -C support/argonaut/target/classes . ; \
 
 	# support/json4s
 	mkdir -p support/json4s/target/classes; \
-	scalac -d support/json4s/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:/usr/share/java/json4s-core.jar:/usr/share/java/json4s-ast.jar $(shell find support/json4s/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	scalac -d support/json4s/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar:/usr/share/java/json4s-core.jar:/usr/share/java/json4s-ast.jar $(shell find support/json4s/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	jar cf support/json4s/target/jawn-json4s.jar -C support/json4s/target/classes . ; \
 
 	# support/play (requires com.typesafe.play:play-json)
 	#mkdir -p support/play/target/classes; \
-	#scalac -d support/play/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find support/play/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	#scalac -d support/play/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find support/play/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	#jar cf support/play/target/jawn-play.jar -C support/play/target/classes . ; \
 
 	# support/rojoma (requires com.rojoma:rojoma-json)
 	#mkdir -p support/rojoma/target/classes; \
-	#scalac -d support/rojoma/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find support/rojoma/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	#scalac -d support/rojoma/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find support/rojoma/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	#jar cf support/rojoma/target/jawn-rojoma.jar -C support/rojoma/target/classes . ; \
 
 	# support/rojoma-v3 (requires com.rojoma:rojoma-json-v3)
 	#mkdir -p support/rojoma-v3/target/classes; \
-	#scalac -d support/rojoma-v3/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find support/rojoma-v3/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	#scalac -d support/rojoma-v3/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find support/rojoma-v3/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	#jar cf support/rojoma-v3/target/jawn-rojoma-v3.jar -C support/rojoma-v3/target/classes . ; \
 
 	# support/spray (requires io.spray:spray-json)
 	#mkdir -p support/spray/target/classes; \
-	#scalac -d support/spray/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar $(shell find support/spray/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
+	#scalac -d support/spray/target/classes -cp parser/target/jawn-parser.jar:util/target/jawn-util.jar $(shell find support/spray/src/main/scala -name *.scala); \
 	#jar cf support/spray/target/jawn-spray.jar -C support/spray/target/classes . ; \
 
 get-orig-poms:
-	for MODULE in argonaut ast json4s parser play rojoma rojoma-v3 spray; do \
+	for MODULE in argonaut ast json4s parser play rojoma rojoma-v3 spray util; do \
 	    wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/spire-math/jawn-$${MODULE}_$(SCALA_BINARY_VERSION)/$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)/jawn-$${MODULE}_$(SCALA_BINARY_VERSION)-$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM).pom -O debian/poms/jawn-$${MODULE}.pom; \
 	done