diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 118ac05b..76d6c6ec 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
 # $Id$
 #
 
-EXTRA_DIST   = avrdude.1 avrdude.pdf avrdude.conf.in bootstrap
+EXTRA_DIST   = \
+	avrdude.1 \
+	avrdude.pdf \
+	avrdude.spec \
+	bootstrap
 
 SUBDIRS      = @WINDOWS_DIRS@
 DIST_SUBDIRS = windows
diff --git a/avrdude.spec.in b/avrdude.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b14427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avrdude.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+## -*- mode: rpm-spec; -*-
+##
+## $Id$
+##
+## @configure_input@
+##
+
+Summary: AVRDUDE is software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontrollers.
+Name: avrdude
+Version: @VERSION@
+Release: 1
+URL: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/avrdude
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+License: GPL
+Group: Development/Tools
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+AVRDUDE is software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontrollers.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=%{_mandir}
+
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix} \
+	sysconfdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc \
+	mandir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir} \
+	install
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_prefix}/bin/avrdude
+%{_mandir}/man1/avrdude.1.gz
+%attr(0644,root,root)   %config /etc/avrdude.conf
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 26 2003 Theodore A. Roth <troth@openavr.org>
+- Initial build.
+
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d93aeabf..856bac4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ AC_SUBST(WINDOWS_DIRS,$WINDOWS_DIRS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	windows/Makefile
-	Makefile
+	avrdude.spec
 	avrdude.conf
+	Makefile
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT