diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2675cf4..d65e36c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 $Id$
 
-Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org> - main programmer
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0f42698..a6d9eb4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 SUBDIRS = src examples test doc
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) autotools debian
 
-EXTRA_DIST = BUGS NOTES bootstrap caca-config.in
+EXTRA_DIST = BUGS NOTES bootstrap caca-config.in libcaca.spec
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = caca-config
 
-doc_DATA = README BUGS TODO AUTHORS NEWS NOTES
+doc_DATA = README BUGS TODO AUTHORS NEWS NOTES THANKS
 docdir = $(datadir)/doc/libcaca-dev
 
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb0d257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+$Id$
+
+Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org> - rpm specfile
+
diff --git a/libcaca.spec b/libcaca.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c25b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcaca.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+%define name  libcaca
+%define version 0.5
+%define release 1
+
+Summary: render images on text terminals
+Name: %{name}
+Version: %{version}
+Release: %{release}
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: System Environment/Libs
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot
+Prefix: %{_prefix}
+#URL: 
+
+
+%description
+
+library and viewer to render images on text terminals
+
+%prep
+
+case "${RPM_COMMAND:-all}" in
+all)
+%setup -q
+;;esac
+
+%build
+
+case "${RPM_COMMAND:-all}" in
+all)
+#export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -O1 -g" 
+#./configure --prefix=%{prefix}
+
+%configure  --enable-x11 --enable-imlib
+
+;;esac
+
+make 
+
+%install
+
+#install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix}/bin
+#install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix}/man/man1
+#make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} install 
+
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc COPYING README TODO
+%{_prefix}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Dec 29 2003 Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org> 0.5-1
+- created specfile
+