diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index e69de29..53d2257 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setserial-2.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/setserial-2.17-fhs.patch b/setserial-2.17-fhs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ef2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setserial-2.17-fhs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- setserial-2.17/Makefile.in.fhs	Wed Jun 14 15:42:39 2000
++++ setserial-2.17/Makefile.in	Wed Jun 14 15:44:25 2000
+@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
+ 
+ srcdir = @srcdir@
+ VPATH = @srcdir@
++bindir = @bindir@
++mandir = @bindir@
+ 
+ VERSION = @RELEASE_VERSION@
+ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
+@@ -26,9 +28,9 @@
+ 	nroff -man setserial.8 > setserial.cat
+ 
+ install: setserial setserial.8
+-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) setserial $(DESTDIR)/bin
+-	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)/bin/setserial
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) setserial.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/man/man8
++	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) setserial $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
++	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/setserial
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) setserial.8 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	$(RM) setserial setserial.o setserial.cat *~
diff --git a/setserial.spec b/setserial.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b708705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setserial.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+%define	_bindir	/bin
+
+Summary: A utility for configuring serial ports.
+Name: setserial
+Version: 2.17
+Release: 2
+Source: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/setserial-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: setserial-2.17-fhs.patch
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Applications/System
+Prefix: %{_prefix}
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
+
+%description
+Setserial is a basic system utility for displaying or setting serial
+port information. Setserial can reveal and allow you to alter the I/O
+port and IRQ that a particular serial device is using, and more.
+
+You should install setserial because you may find it useful for
+detecting and/or altering device information.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .fhs
+rm -f config.cache
+
+%build
+
+%configure
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
+mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}
+mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8
+
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc README rc.serial
+%{_bindir}/setserial
+%{_mandir}/man*/*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 12 2000 Prospector <bugzilla@redhat.com>
+- automatic rebuild
+
+* Wed Jun 14 2000 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- update to 2.17.
+- FHS packaging.
+
+* Mon Feb  7 2000 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- compress man pages.
+
+* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
+- auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 2)
+
+* Thu Feb 11 1999 Michael Maher <mike@redhat.com>
+- fixed bug #363
+
+* Thu Dec 17 1998 Michael Maher <mike@redhat.com>
+- built package for 6.0
+
+* Sat Jun 20 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- upgraded to 2.1.14
+
+* Thu May 07 1998 Prospector System <bugs@redhat.com>
+- translations modified for de, fr, tr
+
+* Thu Oct 23 1997 Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
+- pulled into distribution
+- used setserial-2.12_CTI.tgz instead of setserial-2.12.tar.gz (former is
+  all that sunsite has) - not sure what the difference is.
+
+* Thu Sep 25 1997 Christian 'Dr. Disk' Hechelmann <drdisk@ds9.au.s.shuttle.de>
+- added %attr's
+- added sanity check for RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+- setserial is now installed into /bin, where util-linux puts it and all
+  startup scripts expect it.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..d15d80f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c4867d72c41564318e0107745eb7a0f2  setserial-2.17.tar.gz