diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe75eea..40052ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ An example of using these APIs is in [test_verify.c](./tests/test_verify.c)
   - Parsing the JWT Signature. This is done by `xjwt__parse_ec_signature` function in [parse.c](./src/parse.c).
   - Validation of the EC Signature for the Header+Payload is done using OpenSSL's EVP API.
 
+## Building Centos7 rpm
+
+Assuming a proper rpmbuild environment exists on the build host, a pair of rpms (bin and devel) for Centos7 can be built using the included spec file like so:
+```rpmbuild --undefine=_disable_source_fetch -bb dist/rpm/libxjwt.spec```
+
 # License
 
 `libxjwt` is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. See the [LICENSE file](./LICENSE) for details.
diff --git a/dist/rpm/libxjwt.spec b/dist/rpm/libxjwt.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd89524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/rpm/libxjwt.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Name:           libxjwt
+Version:        1.0.2
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+
+Summary:        Minimal C library for validation of real-world JWTs
+License:        Apache 2.0
+Group:          System/Libraries
+Source0:        https://github.com/ScaleFT/libxjwt/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+
+URL:            https://github.com/ScaleFT/libxjwt
+Vendor:         ScaleFT http://scaleft.com
+
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  jansson-devel
+
+Prefix:         %{_prefix}
+
+%description
+libxjwt seeks to provide a minimal c89-style library and API surface for validating a compact-form JWT against a set of JWKs. This is not meant to be a general purpose JOSE library. If you are looking for a more general purpose C library, consider cjose.
+
+%files
+%{_prefix}/lib/%{name}.*
+%license $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/LICENSE
+%doc $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/README.md
+
+%package -n %{name}-devel
+Summary:        %{name} dev files
+Group:          Development/Other
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Provides:       %{name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n %{name}-devel
+%{name} development files.
+
+%files -n %{name}-devel
+%{_prefix}/include/xjwt/*.h
+
+%prep
+rm -Rf $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}
+tar xvfz $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/v%{version}.tar.gz -C $RPM_BUILD_DIR/
+
+%build
+cd %{name}-%{version}
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix}
+make
+
+%install
+[ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+cd %{name}-%{version}
+make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install