diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9380f04..5aff769 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # pystring
 
+C++ functions matching the interface and behavior of python string methods with std::string.
+
diff --git a/pystring-1.1.4-fix-makefile.patch b/pystring-1.1.4-fix-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b661c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pystring-1.1.4-fix-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 74700b2c04adcdfa9b081526c514859b62304ecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 03:42:21 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Proper installation paths
+
+It's Makefile convention to be able to install to `DESTDIR`. This is especially important for packaging on Linux distributions but might be convenient for other users as well. Also this introduces `PREFIX`, another convention.
+---
+ Makefile | 7 +++++--
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 5ac4d7e..a0df9aa 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ LIBTOOL ?= libtool
+-LIBDIR ?= /usr/lib
++PREFIX ?= /usr
++INCLUDEDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/include/pystring
++LIBDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib
+ CXX ?= g++
+ CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wcast-qual -Wformat=2
+ 
+@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ libpystring.la: pystring.lo
+ 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link --tag=CXX $(CXX) -o $@ $< -rpath $(LIBDIR)
+ 
+ install: libpystring.la
+-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=install install -c $< $(LIBDIR)/$<
++	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=install install -Dm755 $< $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$<
++	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=install install -Dm644 pystring.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)/pystring.h
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	$(RM) -fr pystring.lo pystring.o libpystring.la .libs
diff --git a/pystring.spec b/pystring.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1697ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pystring.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+Name:          pystring
+Version:       1.1.4
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       C++ functions matching the interface and behavior of python string methods with std::string
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           https://github.com/imageworks/pystring
+Source:        https://github.com/imageworks/pystring.git/v%{version}/pystring-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:        pystring-1.1.4-fix-makefile.patch
+License:       BSD
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+C++ functions matching the interface and behavior of python string methods with std::string.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Summary:       Shared libraries for %{name}
+
+%description -n lib%{name}
+This package contains shared libraries for %{name}.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}-devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n lib%{name}-devel
+This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch 0 -p1 -b .fix-makefile
+
+%build
+%make LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n lib%{name}
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libpystring.so.*
+%doc LICENSE
+
+%files -n lib%{name}-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%dir %{_includedir}/pystring
+%{_includedir}/pystring/pystring.h
+%{_libdir}/libpystring.a
+%{_libdir}/libpystring.so
+%doc README.md
+
+%changelog
+* Sun Feb 04 2024 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.1.4-1mamba
+- package created using the webbuild interface