diff --git a/packages/deb/module.mk b/packages/deb/module.mk
index 2a8f605c0..e3efe48cc 100644
--- a/packages/deb/module.mk
+++ b/packages/deb/module.mk
@@ -14,20 +14,18 @@ clean-deb:
 define build_deb
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/repo.done: $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/repo.done: $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1-repocleanup.done
-
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: $(BUILD_DIR)/mirror/ubuntu/build.done
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/source_$1.done
-
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: SANDBOX_UBUNTU:=$(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/SANDBOX
+$(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: SANDBOX_DEB_PKGS:=apt wget bzip2 apt-utils build-essential python-setuptools devscripts debhelper fakeroot
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: export SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP:=$$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP)
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: export SANDBOX_UBUNTU_DOWN:=$$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU_DOWN)
 $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/$1.done: $(BUILD_DIR)/repos/repos.done
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/packages $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/sources
-	mkdir -p $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)
-	mkdir -p $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc
-	sed -e "s/@@UBUNTU_RELEASE@@/$(UBUNTU_RELEASE)/g" $$(SOURCE_DIR)/packages/multistrap.conf | sudo tee $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/multistrap.conf
-	sudo sh -c "$$$${SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP}"
-	sudo chroot $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/bash -c "apt-get update"
+#	create sandbox if does not exist
+	test -e $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/debian_version || sudo sh -c "$$$${SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP}"
+#	mount proc if not mounted
+	mountpoint -q $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc || sudo mount -t proc sandbox_ubuntu_proc $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc
 	sudo mkdir -p $$(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/$1
 ifeq ($1,$(filter $1,nailgun-net-check python-tasklib))
 	tar zxf $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/sources/$1/$(subst python-,,$1)*.tar.gz -C $(BUILD_DIR)/packages/deb/sources
diff --git a/requirements-deb.txt b/requirements-deb.txt
index 4274a84b6..9fb69c394 100644
--- a/requirements-deb.txt
+++ b/requirements-deb.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ crda
 curl
 daemonize
 debconf-utils
+devscripts
+debhelper
 dhcp-checker
 diffutils
 discover
diff --git a/sandbox.mk b/sandbox.mk
index 69272f966..3012e595a 100644
--- a/sandbox.mk
+++ b/sandbox.mk
@@ -52,19 +52,30 @@ umount $(SANDBOX)/dev
 endef
 
 define SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP
-mount | grep -q $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc || sudo mount -t proc none $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc
-[ -f $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/debian_version ]  || sudo multistrap -a amd64 -f $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/multistrap.conf -d $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/
-sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/bash -c "locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 ; dpkg-reconfigure locales"
-sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/bash -c "dpkg --configure -a || exit 0"
-sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/bash -c "rm -rf /var/run/*"
-sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/bash -c "dpkg --configure -a || exit 0"
-echo 'APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated 1;' | sudo tee $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02mirantis-unauthenticated
-[ -n "$(EXTRA_DEB_REPOS)" ] && echo "$(EXTRA_DEB_REPOS)" | tr '|' '\n' | while read repo; do echo deb $$repo; done  | sudo tee $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.list || exit 0
+echo "SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP: start"
+mkdir -p $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)
+echo "Running debootstrap"
+sudo debootstrap --no-check-gpg --arch=$(UBUNTU_ARCH) $(UBUNTU_RELEASE) $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) file://$(LOCAL_MIRROR)/ubuntu
 sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/resolv.conf
-mount | grep -q $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc || sudo mount -t proc none $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc
+echo "Generating utf8 locale"
+sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) /bin/sh -c 'locale-gen en_US.UTF-8; dpkg-reconfigure locales'
+echo "Preparing directory for chroot local mirror"
+test -e $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/apt && sudo rm -rf $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/apt
+sudo mkdir -p $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/apt
+echo "Copying local ubuntu mirror into $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/apt"
+sudo cp -al $(LOCAL_MIRROR)/ubuntu/dists $(LOCAL_MIRROR)/ubuntu/pool $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/tmp/apt
+echo "Configuring apt sources.list: deb file:///tmp/apt $(UBUNTU_RELEASE) main"
+echo "deb file:///tmp/apt $(UBUNTU_RELEASE) main" | sudo tee $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/apt/sources.list
+echo "Allowing using unsigned repos"
+echo "APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated 1;" | sudo tee $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02mirantis-unauthenticated
+echo "Updating apt package database"
+sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) apt-get update
+echo "Installing additional packages: $(SANDBOX_DEB_PKGS)"
+test -n "$(SANDBOX_DEB_PKGS)" && sudo chroot $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU) apt-get install --yes $(SANDBOX_DEB_PKGS)
+echo "SANDBOX_UBUNTU_UP: done"
 endef
 
 define SANDBOX_UBUNTU_DOWN
 sync
 sudo umount $(SANDBOX_UBUNTU)/proc
-endef
\ No newline at end of file
+endef