diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/liburing-1.0.7.tar.bz2
diff --git a/EMPTY b/EMPTY
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index 0519ecb..0000000
--- a/EMPTY
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/liburing-always-build-with-fPIC.patch b/liburing-always-build-with-fPIC.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6daa3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liburing-always-build-with-fPIC.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+index 44a95ad..6fd050d 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ libdir ?= $(prefix)/lib
+ libdevdir ?= $(prefix)/lib
+ 
+ CFLAGS ?= -g -fomit-frame-pointer -O2
+-override CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare\
++override CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -fPIC\
+ 	-Iinclude/ -include ../config-host.h
+-SO_CFLAGS=-fPIC $(CFLAGS)
++SO_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)
+ L_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)
+ LINK_FLAGS=
+ LINK_FLAGS+=$(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/liburing.spec b/liburing.spec
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index 0000000..6a8f79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liburing.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+Name: liburing
+Version: 1.0.7
+Release: 3%{?dist}
+Summary: Linux-native io_uring I/O access library
+License: LGPLv2+
+Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+URL: http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires: gcc
+Patch0: liburing-always-build-with-fPIC.patch
+
+%description
+Provides native async IO for the Linux kernel, in a fast and efficient
+manner, for both buffered and O_DIRECT.
+
+%package devel
+Summary: Development files for Linux-native io_uring I/O access library
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: pkgconfig
+
+%description devel
+This package provides header files to include and libraries to link with
+for the Linux-native io_uring.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -p1
+
+%build
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=/%{_libdir} --libdevdir=/%{_libdir} --mandir=%{_mandir} --includedir=%{_includedir}
+
+%make_build V=1
+
+%install
+%make_install
+
+%files
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/liburing.so.*
+%doc COPYING
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/liburing/
+%{_includedir}/liburing.h
+%{_libdir}/liburing.so
+%{_libdir}/liburing.a
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*
+%{_mandir}/man2/*
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Aug 20 2020 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 1.0.7-3.el8
+- Build with V=1 so that the build logs are useful.
+- Related: rhbz#1862551
+
+* Thu Aug 20 2020 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 1.0.7-2.el8
+- Fix versioning.  The installed library is 1.0.7, make the rpm match.
+- bump release number for build, which includes -fPIC fix
+- Related: rhbz#1862551
+
+* Fri Jul 31 2020 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 0.7-1.el8
+- Update to upstream version 0.7.
+- Resolves: 1862551
+
+* Wed Nov  6 2019 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 0.2-2.el8
+- bump release to trigger gating tests
+- Related: bz#1724804
+
+* Thu Oct 31 2019 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 0.2-1
+- Initial rhel8 package.
+- Resolves: bz#1724804
+
+* Tue Jan 8 2019 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> - 0.1
+- Initial version
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 0000000..e807af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (liburing-1.0.7.tar.bz2) = 9b105684d83de1b34e25340a2280cf69e2450fdda8cb04f4f57702114f95a0eec92bc83cd70636565610cb47d3950c5b101725364611d774cf69ed6b213a7bc7