diff --git a/gramps/Makefile.am b/gramps/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11ae66d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gramps/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# copyright (C) 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+
+SUBDIRS = src doc omf-install
+
+EXTRA_DIST =  autogen.sh gramps.spec.in 
+
+bin_SCRIPTS = gramps
+
+grampsdocdir = $(datadir)/doc/gramps-$(VERSION)
+scrollkeeper_localstate_dir = $(localstatedir)/lib/scrollkeeper
+
+gramps: gramps.sh
+	cp gramps.sh gramps
+
+dist-hook: gramps.spec
+	cp gramps.spec $(distdir)
+
+# Build/rebuild the catalog
+install-data-hook:
+	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(scrollkeeper_localstate_dir)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(scrollkeeper_localstate_dir)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log
+	scrollkeeper-rebuilddb -p $(DESTDIR)$(scrollkeeper_localstate_dir)
+
+# Remove generated files
+uninstall-local:
+	-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(gramps_localstate_dir)
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log/gramps.log
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log/gramps.log.1
+
diff --git a/gramps/Makefile.comm.in b/gramps/Makefile.comm.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 27f70e4cd..000000000
--- a/gramps/Makefile.comm.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Hold variable definitions needed by slave Makefiles
-prefix		= @prefix@
-exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
-bindir 		= @bindir@
-datadir		= @datadir@/@PACKAGE@
-INSTALL		= @INSTALL@
-sharedir        = ${prefix}/share/gramps
-GNOMEHELP       = ${prefix}/share/gnome/help
-GM		= gramps-manual
-EG		= extending-gramps
-DB2HTML         = @DOCBOOKHTML@
-
-@SET_MAKE@
-
-# Ensure the correct "/bin/sh" for interpreting commands 
-# in case the user has some other shell environment
-SHELL = @BINSH@
diff --git a/gramps/gramps.spec.in b/gramps/gramps.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36782c829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gramps/gramps.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+%define ver      @VERSION@
+%define rel      @RELEASE@
+%define prefix   /usr
+
+Summary: Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
+Name: gramps
+Version: %ver
+Release: %rel
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Applications/Genealogy
+Source: http://download.sourceforge.net/gramps/gramps-%{ver}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+URL: http://gramps.sourceforge.net
+
+Requires: python >= 1.5.2
+Requires: pygnome >= 1.0.53
+Requires: _gladegnomemodule.so
+Requires: pyexpat.so
+
+%define skreq 0.1.4
+BuildRequires: scrollkeeper >= %skreq
+
+%description
+gramps (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming
+System) is a GNOME based genealogy program supporting a Python
+based plugin system.
+
+%prep
+%setup
+
+%build
+if [ ! -f configure ]; then
+  CFLAGS="$MYCFLAGS" ./autogen.sh $MYARCH_FLAGS --prefix=%prefix
+else
+  CFLAGS="$MYCFLAGS" ./configure $MYARCH_FLAGS --prefix=%prefix
+fi
+
+make
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+make GNOME_DATADIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix}/share prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} install
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+
+%doc README COPYING TODO INSTALL
+
+%{prefix}/bin/gramps
+
+%{_datadir}/gnome/help/gramps-manual/C/*
+%{_datadir}/gnome/help/extending-gramps/C/*
+
+%{_datadir}/gnome/apps/Applications/gramps.desktop
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/gramps.png
+%{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo
+
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.xpm
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.jpg
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.png
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.py
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.pyo
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.glade
+%{_datadir}/gramps/*.so
+%{_datadir}/gramps/docgen/*.py
+%{_datadir}/gramps/docgen/*.pyo
+%{_datadir}/gramps/filters/*.py
+%{_datadir}/gramps/filters/*.pyo
+%{_datadir}/gramps/plugins/*.py
+%{_datadir}/gramps/plugins/*.pyo
+%{_datadir}/gramps/plugins/*.glade
+%{_datadir}/gramps/data/gedcom.xml
+%{_datadir}/gramps/data/templates/*.tpkg
+%{_datadir}/gramps/data/templates/*.xml
+
+%{prefix}/man/man1/gramps.1*
+
+%{_datadir}/omf/gramps
+ 
+%post
+if which scrollkeeper-update>/dev/null 2>&1; then scrollkeeper-update; fi
+
+%postun
+if which scrollkeeper-update>/dev/null 2>&1; then scrollkeeper-update; fi
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jun 14 2002 Donald Peterson <dpeterso@engr.ors.edu>
+- add scrollkeeper dependencies and some file cleanup