diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..01abd0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/redcarpet-2.1.1.gem
diff --git a/remove_rake_extension.patch b/remove_rake_extension.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac28ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove_rake_extension.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
+index 3936a10..d8001a9 100644
+--- a/Rakefile
++++ b/Rakefile
+@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
+ require 'date'
+ require 'rake/clean'
+-require 'rake/extensiontask'
+ require 'digest/md5'
+ 
+ task :default => :test
+ 
+ # ==========================================================
+-# Ruby Extension
+-# ==========================================================
+-
+-Rake::ExtensionTask.new('redcarpet')
+-
+-# ==========================================================
+ # Testing
+ # ==========================================================
+ 
+@@ -20,10 +13,10 @@ Rake::TestTask.new('test:unit') do |t|
+   t.test_files = FileList['test/*_test.rb']
+   t.ruby_opts += ['-rubygems'] if defined? Gem
+ end
+-task 'test:unit' => [:compile]
++task 'test:unit'
+ 
+ desc 'Run conformance tests (MARKDOWN_TEST_VER=1.0)'
+-task 'test:conformance' => [:compile] do |t|
++task 'test:conformance' do |t|
+   script = "#{pwd}/bin/redcarpet"
+   test_version = ENV['MARKDOWN_TEST_VER'] || '1.0.3'
+   lib_dir = "#{pwd}/lib"
+@@ -33,13 +26,13 @@ task 'test:conformance' => [:compile] do |t|
+ end
+ 
+ desc 'Run version 1.0 conformance suite'
+-task 'test:conformance:1.0' => [:compile] do |t|
++task 'test:conformance:1.0' do |t|
+   ENV['MARKDOWN_TEST_VER'] = '1.0'
+   Rake::Task['test:conformance'].invoke
+ end
+ 
+ desc 'Run 1.0.3 conformance suite'
+-task 'test:conformance:1.0.3' => [:compile] do |t|
++task 'test:conformance:1.0.3' do |t|
+   ENV['MARKDOWN_TEST_VER'] = '1.0.3'
+   Rake::Task['test:conformance'].invoke
+ end
diff --git a/rubygem-redcarpet.spec b/rubygem-redcarpet.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4b0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rubygem-redcarpet.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+%global gem_name redcarpet
+%global rubyabi 1.9.1
+%global gem_extinstdir %{gem_extdir}/lib
+
+%if 0%{?el6}
+%global gem_dir %(ruby -rubygems -e 'puts Gem::dir' 2>/dev/null)
+%global gem_cache %{gem_dir}/cache/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+%global gem_docdir %{gem_dir}/doc/%{gem_name}-%{version}
+%global gem_instdir %{gem_dir}/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}
+%global gem_libdir %{gem_instdir}/lib
+%global gem_spec %{gem_dir}/specifications/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gemspec
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?el6}%{?fc16}
+%global rubyabi 1.8
+%{!?ruby_sitearch: %global ruby_sitearch %(ruby -rrbconfig -e 'puts Config::CONFIG["sitearchdir"] ')}
+%global gem_extinstdir %{ruby_sitearch}
+%endif
+
+
+Summary: A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser
+Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
+Version: 2.1.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Group: Development/Languages
+License: ISC
+URL: http://github.com/tanoku/redcarpet
+Source0: http://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+Patch0: remove_rake_extension.patch
+Requires: ruby(abi) = %{rubyabi}
+
+%if 0%{?el6}
+BuildRequires: rubygems
+%else
+BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
+%endif
+
+BuildRequires: ruby-devel
+BuildRequires: rubygem(minitest)
+BuildRequires: rubygem(rake)
+BuildRequires: rubygem(nokogiri)
+
+Provides: rubygem(%{gem_name}) = %{version}
+
+
+
+%description
+A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser
+
+
+%package doc
+Summary: Documentation for %{name}
+Group: Documentation
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description doc
+Documentation for %{name}
+
+%prep
+gem unpack %{SOURCE0}
+%setup -q -D -T -n  %{gem_name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+
+gem spec %{SOURCE0} -l --ruby > %{gem_name}.gemspec
+
+%build
+mkdir -p .%{gem_dir}
+gem build %{gem_name}.gemspec
+export CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-cflags='%{optflags}'"
+
+# gem install compiles any C extensions and installs into a directory
+# We set that to be a local directory so that we can move it into the
+# buildroot in the install section
+gem install -V \
+        --local \
+        --install-dir ./%{gem_dir} \
+        --bindir ./%{_bindir} \
+        --force \
+        --rdoc \
+        %{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+
+# Fix permissions
+chmod 644 ./%{gem_dir}/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}/COPYING
+chmod 644 ./%{gem_dir}/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}/ext/redcarpet/*
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}
+cp -a ./%{gem_dir}/* %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}/
+
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+cp -a ./%{_bindir}/* %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+chmod 755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/redcarpet
+
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_extinstdir}
+mv %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/lib/redcarpet.so %{buildroot}%{gem_extinstdir}
+
+# Clean up ext artifacts
+rm %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/ext/redcarpet/*.o
+rm %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/ext/redcarpet/*.so
+
+%check
+pushd .%{gem_instdir}
+rake test:unit
+popd
+
+%files
+%dir %{gem_instdir}
+%{_bindir}/redcarpet
+%{gem_instdir}/bin
+%{gem_instdir}/ext
+%{gem_libdir}
+%{gem_extinstdir}
+%{gem_cache}
+%{gem_spec}
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/COPYING
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/README.markdown
+
+%files doc
+%{gem_instdir}/Rakefile
+%{gem_instdir}/test
+%{gem_instdir}/%{gem_name}.gemspec
+%doc %{gem_docdir}
+
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Apr 26 2012 Matt Hicks <mhicks@redhat.com> - 2.1.1-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..40f061c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9fb22c5a84d5068362d78c95505dd307  redcarpet-2.1.1.gem