diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fe16c102f4e4e1b7bd8de3885781c36829e1b702..1d858808a9492a6a56b9f009d2da95333707cf8a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(SIZE16)
 AC_SUBST(SIZE32)
 
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile libcelt/Makefile tests/Makefile celt.pc tools/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile libcelt/Makefile tests/Makefile 
+           celt.pc tools/Makefile libcelt.spec ])
 
 if test "x$tools" = "x"; then 
 echo "**IMPORTANT**"
diff --git a/libcelt.spec.in b/libcelt.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64cb0e33da0140499899568134f2469285fd08ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcelt.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+Summary:	The CELT Low-Latency Audio Compression Codec.
+Name:		libcelt
+Version:	@CELT_VERSION@
+Release: 	0%{?dist}
+Epoch:		0
+Group:		System Environment/Libraries
+License:	BSD
+URL:		http://www.xiph.org/
+Source:		http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/celt/celt-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)	
+BuildRequires: 	libogg-devel >= 2:1.1
+Requires:	pkg-config
+
+%description
+CELT is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free,
+low-latency compressed audio format for voice and music.
+
+The libcelt package contains runtime libraries for use in programs
+that support Ogg CELT.
+
+%package devel
+Summary: Files for CELT application development.
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Requires:	libogg-devel >= 2:1.1
+Requires:	libcelt = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+The libcelt-devel package contains the header files and documentation
+needed to develop applications with Ogg CELT.
+
+%package utils
+Summary: CELT codec utilities.
+Group: Applications/Multimedia
+Requires:	libcelt = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description utils
+Basic utilities for encoding, decoding and manipulating Ogg CELT streams.
+
+%prep
+
+%setup -q -n celt-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure --with-ogg-libraries=%{_libdir}
+make
+
+%check
+make check
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+
+# remove unpackaged files from the buildroot
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING README
+%{_libdir}/libcelt.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/celt
+%{_libdir}/libcelt.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+
+%files utils
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/celtenc
+%{_bindir}/celtdec
+
+%clean 
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Dec 22 2008 Monty Montgomery <monty@xiph.org> 0.5.1-0
+- initial spec file created