diff --git a/kmod/.gitignore b/kmod/.gitignore
index 23820239..2fa4c0bc 100644
--- a/kmod/.gitignore
+++ b/kmod/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ cscope.*
 *.spec
 *.sw[po]
 rpmbuild/
+
+scoutfs-*.git*/
diff --git a/kmod/Makefile b/kmod/Makefile
index 2963f205..c4a40dc6 100644
--- a/kmod/Makefile
+++ b/kmod/Makefile
@@ -24,11 +24,59 @@ SCOUTFS_ARGS := SCOUTFS_GIT_DESCRIBE=$(SCOUTFS_GIT_DESCRIBE) \
 		CONFIG_SCOUTFS_FS=m -C $(SK_KSRC) M=$(CURDIR)/src \
 		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Werror"
 
+# move damage locally, this will also help make it easier to cleanup after the build
+RPM_DIR = $(shell pwd)/rpmbuild
+
+# - We use the git describe from tags to set up the RPM versioning
+RPM_VERSION := $(shell git describe --long --tags | awk -F '-' '{gsub(/^v/,""); print $$1}')
+RPM_RELEASE := $(shell git describe --long --tags | awk -F '-' '{print $$2"."$$3}')
+FULL_VERSION := $(RPM_VERSION).$(RPM_RELEASE)
+TARFILE = $(RPM_DIR)/SOURCES/scoutfs-kmod-$(FULL_VERSION).tar
+
+.PHONY: .FORCE
+
 all: module
 
 module:
 	make $(SCOUTFS_ARGS)
 	$(SP) make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" $(SCOUTFS_ARGS)
 
+
+modules_install:
+	make $(SCOUTFS_ARGS) modules_install
+
+
+# remake this each time..
+$(RPM_DIR): .FORCE
+	@echo "## Clean up on isle $(RPM_DIR)..."
+	rm -frv $(RPM_DIR)/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
+	mkdir -p $(RPM_DIR)/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
+
+
+%.spec: %.spec.in .FORCE
+	sed -e 's/@@VERSION@@/$(RPM_VERSION)/g' \
+		-e s'/@@TAR_VERSION@@/$(FULL_VERSION)/g' \
+		-e s'/@@RELEASE@@/$(RPM_RELEASE)/g' < $< > $@+
+	mv $@+ $@
+
+
+# NOTE: Both tar & rpm are capable of being built natively on Linux, provided
+# you have a local install of rpmbuild.sh for the rpm target.
+# Normal exection is to use docker, as that pulls our canned image and tooling for the user.
+# ./indocker.sh make tar
+# ./indocker.sh make rpm
+#
+tar: $(RPM_DIR) scoutfs-kmod.spec
+	git archive --format=tar --prefix scoutfs-$(FULL_VERSION)/ HEAD^{tree} > $(TARFILE)
+	@ tar rf $(TARFILE) --transform="s@\(.*\)@scoutfs-$(FULL_VERSION)/\1@" scoutfs-kmod.spec
+	gzip -f -9 $(TARFILE)
+
+
+$(TARFILE).gz: tar
+
+rpm: $(TARFILE).gz scoutfs-kmod.spec
+	rpmbuild.sh $(TARFILE).gz
+
+
 clean:
 	make $(SCOUTFS_ARGS) clean
diff --git a/kmod/scoutfs-kmod.spec.in b/kmod/scoutfs-kmod.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72ec10ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kmod/scoutfs-kmod.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+%define kmod_name scoutfs
+#%%trace
+
+%define _tar_version @@TAR_VERSION@@
+# official builds set this to 1, we use 0 for internal/dev-test
+%{!?_release: %global _release 0}
+
+Name:           %{kmod_name}
+Summary:        %{kmod_name} kernel module
+Version:        @@VERSION@@
+Release:        %{_release}.@@RELEASE@@%{?dist}
+License:        GPLv2
+Group:          System/Kernel
+URL:            http://versity.com
+
+BuildRequires:  %kernel_module_package_buildreqs
+ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
+
+# Sources.
+Source0:        scoutfs-kmod-%{_tar_version}.tar.gz
+
+# Build only for standard kernel variant(s); for debug packages, append "debug"
+# after "default" (separated by space)
+%kernel_module_package default
+
+
+# Disable the building of the debug package(s).
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+
+%description
+%{kmod_name} - kernel module
+
+
+%prep
+
+
+%setup -q -n %{kmod_name}-%{_tar_version}
+set -- *
+mkdir source
+mv "$@" source/
+mkdir obj
+
+
+%build
+echo "Building for kernel: %{kernel_version} flavors: '%{flavors_to_build}'"
+echo "Build var: kmodtool = %{kmodtool}"
+echo "Build var: kverrel = %{kverrel}"
+for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do
+    rm -rf obj/$flavor
+    cp -r source obj/$flavor
+    make SK_KSRC=%{kernel_source $flavor} -C obj/$flavor module
+done
+
+
+%install
+export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+export INSTALL_MOD_DIR=extra/%{name}
+for flavor in %flavors_to_build ; do
+    # TODO add Makefile rule
+    #make SK_KSRC=%{kernel_source $flavor} -C obj/$flavor modules_install
+    make -C %{kernel_source $flavor} modules_install \
+        M=$PWD/obj/$flavor/src
+done
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Nov 17 2017 Nic Henke <nic.henke@versity.com> - 1.0
+- Initial version.