diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..277c383 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/superlu_4.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/SuperLU-add-fpic.patch b/SuperLU-add-fpic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906e379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SuperLU-add-fpic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up SuperLU_4.3/MAKE_INC/make.linux.fpic SuperLU_4.3/MAKE_INC/make.linux
+--- SuperLU_4.3/MAKE_INC/make.linux.fpic	2012-01-06 10:39:58.474356562 +0530
++++ SuperLU_4.3/MAKE_INC/make.linux	2012-01-06 10:40:59.933356590 +0530
+@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ ARCHFLAGS    = cr
+ RANLIB       = ranlib
+ 
+ CC           = gcc
+-CFLAGS       = -O3
++FPIC         = -fPIC
++CFLAGS       = -O3 $(FPIC)
+ NOOPTS       = 
+ FORTRAN	     = g77
+ FFLAGS       = -O2
diff --git a/SuperLU-build-shared-lib3.patch b/SuperLU-build-shared-lib3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afaefe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SuperLU-build-shared-lib3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -up SuperLU_4.3/SRC/Makefile.fix SuperLU_4.3/SRC/Makefile
+--- SuperLU_4.3/SRC/Makefile.fix	2012-02-01 17:15:17.711698876 +0530
++++ SuperLU_4.3/SRC/Makefile	2012-02-01 17:17:07.794698927 +0530
+@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ZLUSRC = \
+ 	ilu_zcolumn_dfs.o ilu_zpanel_dfs.o ilu_zcopy_to_ucol.o \
+ 	ilu_zpivotL.o zdiagonal.o
+ 
+-all:    single double complex complex16
++all:    sharedlib
+ 
+ single: $(SLUSRC) $(ALLAUX) $(LAAUX) $(SLASRC) $(SCLAUX)
+ 	$(ARCH) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(SUPERLULIB) \
+@@ -133,17 +133,22 @@ complex16: $(ZLUSRC) $(ALLAUX) $(LAAUX) 
+ 		$(ZLUSRC) $(ALLAUX) $(LAAUX) $(ZLASRC) $(DZLAUX)
+ 	$(RANLIB) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 
++sharedlib: $(ALLAUX) $(LAAUX) $(SLASRC) $(DLASRC) $(CLASRC) $(ZLASRC) $(SCLAUX) $(DZLAUX) $(SLUSRC) $(DLUSRC) $(CLUSRC) $(ZLUSRC) 
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS) -shared -Wl,-soname,libsuperlu.so.4.3 -o libsuperlu.so.4.3 \
++		$(ALLAUX) $(LAAUX) $(SLASRC) $(DLASRC) $(CLASRC) $(ZLASRC) $(SCLAUX) \
++		$(DZLAUX) $(SLUSRC) $(DLUSRC) $(CLUSRC) $(ZLUSRC)
++	ln -sf libsuperlu.so.4.3 libsuperlu.so
+ 
+ ##################################
+ # Do not optimize these routines #
+ ##################################
+-slamch.o: slamch.c ; $(CC) -c $(NOOPTS) $(CDEFS) $<
+-dlamch.o: dlamch.c ; $(CC) -c $(NOOPTS) $(CDEFS) $<
+-superlu_timer.o:  superlu_timer.c ; $(CC) -c $(NOOPTS) $<
++slamch.o: slamch.c ; $(CC) $(FPIC) $(LIBS) -c $(NOOPTS) $(CDEFS) $<
++dlamch.o: dlamch.c ; $(CC) $(FPIC) $(LIBS) -c $(NOOPTS) $(CDEFS) $<
++superlu_timer.o:  superlu_timer.c ; $(CC) $(FPIC) $(LIBS) -c $(NOOPTS) $<
+ ##################################
+ 
+ .c.o:
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) $(BLASDEF) -c $< $(VERBOSE)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) $(BLASDEF) $(LIBS) -c $< $(VERBOSE)
+ 
+ .f.o:
+ 	$(FORTRAN) $(FFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/SuperLU.spec b/SuperLU.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a59a11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SuperLU.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+Name:           SuperLU
+Version:        4.3
+Release:        3%{?dist}
+Summary:        Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems
+
+License:        BSD
+URL:            http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/
+Source0:        http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/superlu_%{version}.tar.gz
+# Build with -fPIC
+Patch0:         %{name}-add-fpic.patch
+# Build shared library
+Patch1:         %{name}-build-shared-lib3.patch
+
+
+BuildRequires:  atlas-devel
+BuildRequires:  csh
+
+%description
+SuperLU contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system 
+A*X=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). 
+The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the 
+preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:        Header files and libraries for SuperLU development
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       pkgconfig
+
+%description devel 
+The %{name}-devel package contains the header files
+and libraries for use with CUnit package.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}_%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
+chmod a-x SRC/qselect.c 
+cp -p MAKE_INC/make.linux make.inc
+sed -i "s|-O3|$RPM_OPT_FLAGS|" make.inc
+sed -i "s|\$(SUPERLULIB) ||" make.inc
+sed -i "s|\$(HOME)/Codes/%{name}_%{version}|%{_builddir}/%{name}_%{version}|" make.inc
+sed -i "s|-L/usr/lib -lblas|-L%{_libdir}/atlas -lf77blas|" make.inc
+
+%build
+make %{?_smp_mflags} superlulib
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}
+install -p SRC/libsuperlu.so.%{version} %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
+install -p SRC/*.h %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}
+chmod -x %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}/*.h
+cp -Pp SRC/libsuperlu.so %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc README
+%{_libdir}/libsuperlu.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc DOC
+%{_includedir}/%{name}/
+%{_libdir}/libsuperlu.so
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Aug 25 2012 Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan [AT] fedoraproject dot org> 4.3-3
+- Use README in main package and DOC in devel package
+- chmod a-x on SRC/qselect.c
+- Remove -latlas linking in prep section
+- Added Patch comments
+- Use name RPM macro in patch name
+
+* Wed Feb 01 2012 Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan [AT] fedoraproject dot org> 4.3-2
+- Use atlas library instead of blas.
+- Use RPM_OPT_FLAGS and LIBS when building sources.
+- Use macros as required for name and version.
+
+* Fri Jan 06 2012 Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan [AT] fedoraproject dot org> 4.3-1
+- First release.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..a378cef 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b72c6309f25e9660133007b82621ba7c  superlu_4.3.tar.gz