diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/libvirt-python-*.tar.gz
+.build-*.log
+*.rpm
diff --git a/libvirt-python.spec b/libvirt-python.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..363cad1
--- /dev/null
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+
+Summary: The libvirt virtualization API python binding
+Name: libvirt-python
+Version: 1.2.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}%{?extra_release}
+Source0: http://libvirt.org/sources/python/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Url: http://libvirt.org
+License: LGPLv2+
+Group: Development/Libraries
+BuildRequires: libvirt-devel >= 0.9.11
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+
+# Don't want provides for python shared objects
+%{?filter_provides_in: %filter_provides_in %{python_sitearch}/.*\.so}
+%{?filter_setup}
+
+%description
+The libvirt-python package contains a module that permits applications
+written in the Python programming language to use the interface
+supplied by the libvirt library to use the virtualization capabilities
+of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+%{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root=%{buildroot}
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/*egg-info
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc ChangeLog AUTHORS NEWS README COPYING COPYING.LESSER examples/
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libvirt.py*
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libvirt_qemu.py*
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libvirt_lxc.py*
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libvirtmod*
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Nov 25 2013 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-1
+- Initial package after split from libvirt RPM (rhbz #1034347)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..808416b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+38158e5740be65f17eef9f99ffa5dadf  libvirt-python-1.2.0.tar.gz