diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 292e7db..05087c5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+
 .PHONY: test test-ci pylint pep8 docs clean virtualenv
 
+# general variables
 VENV=test_env
 SRC=blockerbugs
 
+# Variables used for packaging
+SPECFILE=$(SRC).spec
+BASEARCH:=$(shell uname -i)
+DIST:=$(shell rpm --eval '%{dist}')
+TARGETDIST:=el6
+VERSION:=$(shell rpmspec -q --queryformat="%{VERSION}" $(SPECFILE))
+RELEASE:=$(subst $(DIST),,$(shell rpmspec -q --queryformat="%{RELEASE}" $(SPECFILE)))
+NVR:=$(SRC)-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE)
+GITBRANCH:=$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
 test: $(VENV)
 	sh -c "TEST='true' . $(VENV)/bin/activate; py.test --cov $(SRC) testing/; deactivate"
 
@@ -28,6 +57,20 @@ clean:
 	rm -f pep8.out
 	rm -f pylint.out
 
+archive: $(SRC)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+
+$(SRC)-$(VERSION).tar.gz:
+	git archive $(GITBRANCH) --prefix=$(SRC)-$(VERSION)/ | gzip -c9 > $@
+
+mockbuild: archive
+	mock -r epel-6-x86_64 --buildsrpm --spec $(SPECFILE) --sources .
+	cp /var/lib/mock/epel-6-x86_64/result/$(NVR).$(TARGETDIST).src.rpm .
+	mock -r epel-6-x86_64 --no-clean --rebuild $(NVR).$(TARGETDIST).src.rpm
+	cp /var/lib/mock/epel-6-x86_64/result/$(NVR).$(TARGETDIST).noarch.rpm .
+
+nvr:
+	@echo $(NVR)
+
 cleanvenv:
 	rm -rf $(VENV)