diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 40e4f5a..b79ca22 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def InstallPerm(env, dest, files, perm):
     return obj
 
 
-env = Environment(tools = ['default', 'textfile'])
+env = Environment(tools = ['default', 'textfile', 'packaging'])
 
 #allow shell environment to override compiler
 if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
@@ -152,9 +152,16 @@ subdirs = [
 for subdir in subdirs:
     env.SConscript(subdir + '/SConscript', variant_dir='#build/' + subdir, src_dir='#'+subdir, duplicate=0)
 
-distfile='libucore-' + version_info['version_str'] + '.tar.gz'
-distcmd = env.Tar(distfile,'install', TARFLAGS='-cz')
-env.Alias('dist', distcmd)
-env.Depends('dist', 'install')
+env.Package(NAME           = 'libucore',
+                      VERSION        = version_info['version_str'] + '.0',
+                      PACKAGEVERSION = 0,
+                      PACKAGETYPE    = 'targz',
+                      LICENSE        = 'BSD',
+                      SUMMARY        = 'libucore is a C library of misc useful stuff including an eventloop, timer support and various data-structures.',
+                      DESCRIPTION    = 'libucore is a C library of misc useful stuff including an eventloop, timer support and various data-structures.',
+                      X_RPM_GROUP    = 'Development/Libraries'
+
+
+)
 
 env.Default('src')