diff --git a/hio/Makefile.am b/hio/Makefile.am
index aa8e429..70c9b69 100644
--- a/hio/Makefile.am
+++ b/hio/Makefile.am
@@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS)
 
 distclean-local:
 	$(RM) -r $(top_srcdir)/autom4te.cache
+
+######################################################################
+
+rpm: dist-gzip
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/BUILD"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SOURCES"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SRPMS"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/RPMS"
+	cp @PACKAGE_NAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@.tar.gz "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SOURCES"
+	rpmbuild --define "_topdir @abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM" -ba @abs_builddir@/pkgs/hio.spec --target=@build_cpu@
+
diff --git a/hio/Makefile.in b/hio/Makefile.in
index 339ff79..264116b 100644
--- a/hio/Makefile.in
+++ b/hio/Makefile.in
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES = config.status config.cache config.log \
  configure.lineno config.status.lineno
 mkinstalldirs = $(install_sh) -d
 CONFIG_HEADER = $(top_builddir)/lib/hio-cfg.h
-CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES =
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = pkgs/hio.spec
 CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES =
 AM_V_P = $(am__v_P_@AM_V@)
 am__v_P_ = $(am__v_P_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ CSCOPE = cscope
 am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_srcdir)/ac/ar-lib \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/compile $(top_srcdir)/ac/config.guess \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/config.sub $(top_srcdir)/ac/install-sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/missing ac/ar-lib \
-	ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub ac/install-sh \
-	ac/ltmain.sh ac/missing
+	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/missing \
+	$(top_srcdir)/pkgs/hio.spec.in ac/ar-lib ac/compile \
+	ac/config.guess ac/config.sub ac/install-sh ac/ltmain.sh \
+	ac/missing
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 top_distdir = $(distdir)
@@ -387,6 +388,8 @@ $(top_srcdir)/configure:  $(am__configure_deps)
 $(ACLOCAL_M4):  $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
 	$(am__cd) $(srcdir) && $(ACLOCAL) $(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS)
 $(am__aclocal_m4_deps):
+pkgs/hio.spec: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(top_srcdir)/pkgs/hio.spec.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@
 
 mostlyclean-libtool:
 	-rm -f *.lo
@@ -830,6 +833,16 @@ uninstall-am:
 distclean-local:
 	$(RM) -r $(top_srcdir)/autom4te.cache
 
+######################################################################
+
+rpm: dist-gzip
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/BUILD"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SOURCES"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SRPMS"
+	mkdir -p "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/RPMS"
+	cp @PACKAGE_NAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@.tar.gz "@abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM/SOURCES"
+	rpmbuild --define "_topdir @abs_builddir@/pkgs/RPM" -ba @abs_builddir@/pkgs/hio.spec --target=@build_cpu@
+
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT:
diff --git a/hio/configure b/hio/configure
index d377ded..a4f2a49 100755
--- a/hio/configure
+++ b/hio/configure
@@ -18963,7 +18963,7 @@ HIO_PROJECT_AUTHOR="${PACKAGE_BUGREPORT}"
 HIO_PROJECT_URL="${PACKAGE_URL}"
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile lib/Makefile bin/Makefile t/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile lib/Makefile bin/Makefile t/Makefile pkgs/hio.spec"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -20006,6 +20006,7 @@ do
     "lib/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/Makefile" ;;
     "bin/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES bin/Makefile" ;;
     "t/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES t/Makefile" ;;
+    "pkgs/hio.spec") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES pkgs/hio.spec" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff --git a/hio/configure.ac b/hio/configure.ac
index c9afa8e..91464f5 100644
--- a/hio/configure.ac
+++ b/hio/configure.ac
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	lib/Makefile 
 	bin/Makefile
 	t/Makefile
+	pkgs/hio.spec
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/hio/pkgs/hio.spec.in b/hio/pkgs/hio.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e6eaee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hio/pkgs/hio.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+%define _prefix /usr
+%define _sysconfdir /etc
+
+Summary: HIO Interpreter
+Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+License: Simplified BSD License
+Vendor: Chung, Hyung-Hwan 
+URL: @PACKAGE_URL@
+Group: System Environment/Libraries
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+#Requires: 
+
+###BuildRequires: mariadb-connector-c
+BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+
+%description
+HIO Interpreter
+
+%package devel
+Summary: Development files for HIO
+Group: System Environment/Libraries
+Requires: @PACKAGE_NAME@ = %{version}
+
+%description devel
+The header files and libraries for developing applications with HIO.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$(echo $RPM_OPT_FLAGS | %{__sed} 's/-O2/-O3/')"
+
+##CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC -std=c++11" ./configure  \
+CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC" ./configure  \
+	--prefix=%{_prefix} \
+	--libdir=%{_libdir} \
+	--sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \
+	--enable-debug=no \
+	--enable-static=yes  \
+	--enable-shared=no \
+	--enable-mariadb=yes \
+	--enable-ssl=yes \
+	--enable-wide-char="yes:2w" \
+	--enable-libunwind=no
+
+make
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/hio[0-9][0-9]  ## delete binaries from the samples directory
+
+%check
+make check
+
+%clean
+rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
+
+%post
+/sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun
+/sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/*
+%{_libdir}/*.a