diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 666b48c..e14ba23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ $ perl build.pl
 $ dpkg-buildpackage -d -b
 ```
 
+Centos/RHEL packaging
+---------------------
+
+Make sure you have **mock** installed, which you can get by running:
+
+```
+$ sudo yum install mock
+```
+
+You can build the RPMs and Source RPM by calling the make command from the **contrib** folder:
+```
+$ cd contrib
+$ make rpm
+```
+
+The results will be placed in the **contrib/RPMS** folder afterwards.
+
+
 Configuration
 =============
 
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile b/contrib/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3f258a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+#
+CWD=$(shell pwd -P)
+SPEC=mod_statsd.spec
+
+rpm: srpm
+	sudo mock --rebuild $(CWD)/SRPMS/*.src.rpm --resultdir=$(CWD)/RPMS/
+
+srpm: prepare
+	sudo mock --buildsrpm --spec=$(CWD)/$(SPEC) --sources=$(CWD)/ --resultdir=$(CWD)/SRPMS
+
+clean:
+	@rm -rf RPMS SRPMS src mod_statsd.tar.gz
+
+prepare: clean
+	@mkdir -v SRPMS RPMS src
+	@cp ../mod_statsd.c src/
+	@cp mod_statsd.conf src/
+	@cp ../DOCUMENTATION src/
+	@cp ../LICENSE src/
+	tar -czf mod_statsd.tar.gz src
+
diff --git a/contrib/mod_statsd.conf b/contrib/mod_statsd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d690fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mod_statsd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LoadModule statsd_module /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_statsd.so
diff --git a/contrib/mod_statsd.spec b/contrib/mod_statsd.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c84af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mod_statsd.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+%{!?_httpd_mmn: %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn || echo missing-httpd-devel)}}
+%{!?_httpd_apxs: %{expand: %%global _httpd_apxs %%{_sbindir}/apxs}}
+
+Name:           mod_statsd
+Version:        1.0.5
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Apache module to send statistics to Statsd
+Group:          System Environment/Daemons
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/jib/mod_statsd
+Source0:        %{name}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{name}-%{version}-%{release}
+BuildRequires:  httpd-devel >= 2.0.0
+Requires:       httpd-mmn = %{_httpd_mmn}
+
+%description
+This module enables the sending of Statsd statistics directly from Apache,
+without the need for a CustomLog processor.
+It will send one counter and one timer per request received.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n src
+
+%build
+%{_httpd_apxs} -Wc,"%{optflags}" -c mod_statsd.c
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d/
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/
+install -Dpm 755 .libs/mod_statsd.so \
+    %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_statsd.so
+install -Dpm 644 mod_statsd.conf \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d/mod_statsd.conf
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc DOCUMENTATION LICENSE
+%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_statsd.so
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d/mod_statsd.conf
+
+###############################################################################
+#                                  CHANGELOG                                  #
+###############################################################################
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Mar 25 2015 Andy "Bob" Brockhurst <andy.brockhurst@b3cft.com> - 1.0.5-2
+- removed patch as no longer required
+- updated spec to use rpm macros
+
+* Wed Oct 8 2014 Matthew Hollick <matthew@mayan-it.co.uk> - 1.0.5-1
+- New package
+- Copied spec file from mod_qos by Christof Damian.
+- Source from https://github.com/jib/mod_statsd