diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f4158f..5c7f5b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,4 +103,50 @@ function prompt_callback {
 
 **Enjoy!**
 
+## Alternative RPM Install
+This project ships an RPM spec to simplify installation on RHEL and
+clones. If you wish to install from RPM, you may first build the RPM
+from scratch by following this procedure:
+* Clone this repository and tag the release with a version number
+
+````sh
+    git tag -a -m "Tag release 1.1" 1.1
+````
+
+* Run the following command to create a tarball:
+
+````sh
+    VER1=$(git describe)
+    # replace dash with underscore to work around
+    # rpmbuild does not allow dash in version string
+    VER=${VER1//\-/_}
+    git archive                                \
+        --format tar                           \
+        --prefix=bash-git-prompt-${VER}/       \
+        HEAD                                   \
+        --  *.sh                               \
+            *.py                               \
+            *.fish                             \
+            README.md                          \
+      > bash-git-prompt-${VER}.tar
+    mkdir -p /tmp/bash-git-prompt-${VER}
+    sed "s/Version:.*/Version:        ${VER}/"          \
+        bash-git-prompt.spec                            \
+      > /tmp/bash-git-prompt-${VER}/bash-git-prompt.spec
+    OLDDIR=$(pwd)
+    cd /tmp
+    tar -uf ${OLDDIR}/bash-git-prompt-${VER}.tar      \
+            bash-git-prompt-${VER}/bash-git-prompt.spec
+    cd ${OLDDIR}
+    gzip bash-git-prompt-${VER}.tar
+    mv bash-git-prompt-${VER}.tar.gz bash-git-prompt-${VER}.tgz
+````
+
+* Log into an RHEL or clones host and run:
+
+````sh
+rpmbuild -ta bash-git-prompt-xxx.tar.gz
+````
+Then you may publish or install the rpm from "~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch".
+
 [blog post]: http://sebastiancelis.com/2009/nov/16/zsh-prompt-git-users/
diff --git a/bash-git-prompt.spec b/bash-git-prompt.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a381b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-git-prompt.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+%global START_TOKEN ### Generated by %{name} rpm package
+%global END_TOKEN ### Generated by %{name} rpm package
+
+Name:		bash-git-prompt
+Version:	1.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
+Summary:	Informative git prompt for bash and fish
+
+Group:		Development/Tools
+License:	GPL
+URL:		https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt.git
+Source0:    https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
+Requires:       git
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description
+A bash prompt that displays information about the current git repository. In particular the branch name, difference with remote branch, number of files staged, changed, etc.
+
+This package will automatically enable the git prompt for bash after
+install. It will disable the prompt accordingly after uninstall.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+install -d 755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
+install -pm 755 *.sh %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
+install -pm 755 *.py %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
+install -pm 755 *.fish %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
+install -pm 644 README.md %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
+
+# never include compiled Python program
+rm -fr  %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/*.pyo
+rm -fr  %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/*.pyc
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_datadir}/%{name}
+
+
+%post
+# enable bash-git-prompt
+cat << EOF >> /etc/bashrc
+%{START_TOKEN}
+if [ -f %{_datadir}/%{name}/gitprompt.sh ]; then
+    # Set config variables first
+
+    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
+    source %{_datadir}/%{name}/gitprompt.sh
+fi
+%{END_TOKEN}
+EOF
+
+%postun
+# remove bash-git-prompt setup
+sed -i -e '/^%{START_TOKEN}/, /^%{END_TOKEN}/{d}' /etc/bashrc
+
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Aug 08 2014 Justin Zhang <schnell18@gmail.com - 1.0.1-1
+- Initial version of package