diff --git a/gramps2/gramps-mdk.spec.in b/gramps2/gramps-mdk.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccaaed934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gramps2/gramps-mdk.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+%define ver      @VERSION@
+%define rel      @RELEASE@
+%define prefix   /usr
+%define localstatedir /var/lib
+# Ensure that internal RPM macros for configure & makeinstall 
+# will expand properly
+%define _prefix   %prefix
+%define _localstatedir %localstatedir
+
+Summary: Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
+Name: gramps
+Version: %ver
+Release: %rel
+License: 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 >= 2.2
+Requires: gnome-python >= 1.99
+Requires: gnome-python-gconf >= 1.99
+Requires: gnome-python-canvas >= 1.99
+Requires: gnome-python-gnomevfs >= 1.99
+Requires: pygtk2.0-libglade >= 1.99
+
+BuildRequires: scrollkeeper >= @SCROLLKEEPER_BUILD_REQUIRED@
+BuildRequires: automake >= 1.6
+BuildRequires: autoconf >= 2.52
+BuildRequires: rpm >= 4.1
+BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils >= 0.2.92
+
+%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 $MYARCH_FLAGS --prefix=%prefix \
+    --localstatedir=%localstatedir --bindir=%{_bindir} \
+    --mandir=%{_mandir} --libdir=%{_libdir} --datadir=%{_datadir} \
+    --includedir=%{_includedir} --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}
+else
+  CFLAGS="$MYCFLAGS" %configure
+fi
+
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%makeinstall
+mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
+desktop-file-install --vendor gramps --delete-original \
+	--dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications  \
+	--add-category Application                     \
+	--add-category Utility                         \
+	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/gnome/apps/Applications/gramps.desktop
+%find_lang gramps
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/scrollkeeper/
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files -f gramps.lang
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING COPYING-DOCS ChangeLog FAQ INSTALL NEWS README TODO 
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/*
+
+%{prefix}/bin/gramps
+
+%{_datadir}/applications/*
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/gramps.png
+
+%{_libdir}/gramps
+%{_datadir}/gramps
+%{_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
+* Tue Dec  2 2003 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- More docs.
+- Change Copyright: to License:.
+
+* Fri Sep 19 2003 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- Own %%{_datadir/gramps directory.
+- Ship %%{_libdir}/gramps.
+* Mon May 20 2003 Donald Peterson <dpeterson@sigmaxi.org>
+- Override RPMs default of localstatedir to /var/lib..
+  This is done in accordance with GNOME and FHS compliance guidelines 
+  (http://fedora.mplug.org/docs/rpm-packaging-guidelines.html)
+- Use %find_lang macro to get NLS files
+- Set %doc tags on appropriate files
+- Remove temporary scrollkeeper-created files from install before packaging
+  to avoid rpm 4.1 complaints.  (These aren't needed in the distribution.)
+- Use default scrollkeeper-update scripts
+* Mon Mar 24 2003 Alex Roitman <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
+- update scrollkeeper dependencies and add post and postun to enable install on a machine without scrollkeeper
+* Fri Jun 14 2002 Donald Peterson <dpeterso@engr.ors.edu>
+- add scrollkeeper dependencies and some file cleanup