diff --git a/0003-Late-stage-jinja2-dependency.patch b/0003-Late-stage-jinja2-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9163bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-Late-stage-jinja2-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 7a5a8b54b4a2c7ce8fa972a70693959835e65db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pedro Algarvio <pedro@algarvio.me>
+Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:34:15 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Defer imports to a later stage so Jinja2 does not become a
+ build dependency. Fixes #3293.
+
+---
+ salt/utils/__init__.py |    8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/salt/utils/__init__.py b/salt/utils/__init__.py
+index 290339d..11f428d 100644
+--- a/salt/utils/__init__.py
++++ b/salt/utils/__init__.py
+@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
+     HAS_FNCTL = False
+ 
+ # Import salt libs
+-import salt.minion
+-import salt.payload
+ from salt.exceptions import SaltClientError, CommandNotFoundError
+ 
+ 
+@@ -196,6 +194,12 @@ def daemonize_if(opts, **kwargs):
+             data[key[6:]] = val
+     if not 'jid' in data:
+         return
++
++    # Late import salt libs to overcome circular imports and to allow building
++    # salt without making Jinja2 a build dependency
++    import salt.minon
++    import salt.payload
++
+     serial = salt.payload.Serial(opts)
+     proc_dir = salt.minion.get_proc_dir(opts['cachedir'])
+     fn_ = os.path.join(proc_dir, data['jid'])
+-- 
+1.7.10
+
diff --git a/0004-Jinja2-no-longer-build-dep.patch b/0004-Jinja2-no-longer-build-dep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22d026c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0004-Jinja2-no-longer-build-dep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 56cf893eb2fb61a6010235eda2f35170cd81fefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pedro Algarvio <pedro@algarvio.me>
+Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:14:43 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Jinja2 is no longer a build dependency. Fixes #3293.
+
+---
+ salt/utils/templates.py |   12 +++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/salt/utils/templates.py b/salt/utils/templates.py
+index a75bcb4..60631ce 100644
+--- a/salt/utils/templates.py
++++ b/salt/utils/templates.py
+@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@
+ import tempfile
+ import traceback
+ 
+-# Import third party libs
+-import jinja2
+-import jinja2.ext
+-
+ # Import salt libs
+ import salt.utils
+ import salt.exceptions
+-from salt.utils.jinja import SaltCacheLoader as JinjaSaltCacheLoader
++
+ 
+ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+ 
+@@ -72,6 +68,12 @@ def render_tmpl(tmplsrc, from_str=False, to_str=False,
+ 
+ 
+ def render_jinja_tmpl(tmplstr, context, tmplpath=None):
++    # Late import Jinja2 to allow building salt without making it a build
++    # dependency
++    import jinja2
++    import jinja2.ext
++    from salt.utils.jinja import SaltCacheLoader as JinjaSaltCacheLoader
++
+     opts = context['opts']
+     env = context['env']
+     loader = None
+-- 
+1.7.10
+
diff --git a/salt.spec b/salt.spec
index 1ae128a..f6e3a5b 100644
--- a/salt.spec
+++ b/salt.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 
 Name: salt
-Version: 0.11.1
+Version: 0.12.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A parallel remote execution system
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Source4: %{name}-master.service
 Source5: %{name}-syndic.service
 Source6: %{name}-minion.service
 Source7: README.fedora
+Patch0: 0003-Late-stage-jinja2-dependency.patch
+Patch1: 0004-Jinja2-no-longer-build-dep.patch
+
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ Salt minion is queried and controlled from the master.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
+
 %build
 
 
@@ -290,6 +296,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 16 2013 Clint Savage <herlo1@gmail.com> - 0.12.0-1
+- Upstream release 0.12.0
+
 * Fri Dec 14 2012 Clint Savage <herlo1@gmail.com> - 0.11.1-1
 - Upstream patch release 0.11.1
 - Fixes security vulnerability (https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/2916)