diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 # python-ldap
 
+python-ldap provides an object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers from Python programs.
+Mainly it wraps the OpenLDAP 2.x libs for that purpose.
+Additionally the package contains modules for other LDAP-related stuff (e.g. processing LDIF, LDAPURLs, LDAPv3 schema, etc.).
+
diff --git a/python-ldap-2.2.0-sasl.patch b/python-ldap-2.2.0-sasl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794e70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-ldap-2.2.0-sasl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- python-ldap-2.2.0/Modules/LDAPObject.c.orig	2006-10-20 15:50:37.000000000 +0200
++++ python-ldap-2.2.0/Modules/LDAPObject.c	2006-10-20 15:51:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ #include "options.h"
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_SASL
+-#include <sasl.h>
++#include <sasl/sasl.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ static void free_attrs(char***);
diff --git a/python-ldap-2.3.5-setupcfg.patch b/python-ldap-2.3.5-setupcfg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf7bbab
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+++ b/python-ldap-2.3.5-setupcfg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Nru python-ldap-2.3.5.orig/setup.cfg python-ldap-2.3.5/setup.cfg
+--- python-ldap-2.3.5.orig/setup.cfg	2008-07-06 17:04:13.000000000 +0200
++++ python-ldap-2.3.5/setup.cfg	2009-01-27 03:07:36.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
+ extra_objects = 
+ extra_compile_args = 
+ libs = ldap_r lber sasl2 ssl crypto
+-library_dirs = /usr/local/openldap-2.3/lib
+-include_dirs = /usr/local/openldap-2.3/include /usr/include/sasl
++library_dirs = /usr/lib
++include_dirs = /usr/include
+ 
+ [egg_info]
+ tag_build = 
diff --git a/python-ldap.spec b/python-ldap.spec
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+++ b/python-ldap.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+Name:          python-ldap
+Version:       2.3.6
+Release:       2mamba
+Summary:       An object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers from Python programs
+Group:         System/Libraries/Python
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/python-ldap/python-ldap-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:        %{name}-2.3.5-setupcfg.patch
+Patch1:        %{name}-2.2.0-sasl.patch
+License:       GPL
+BuildRequires: libpython-devel
+Requires:      python >= %{pyver}
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+# FIXME:
+# file Lib/ldap.py (for module ldap) not found
+# file Lib/ldap/schema.py (for module ldap.schema) not found
+
+%description
+python-ldap provides an object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers from Python programs. 
+Mainly it wraps the OpenLDAP 2.x libs for that purpose.
+Additionally the package contains modules for other LDAP-related stuff (e.g. processing LDIF, LDAPURLs, LDAPv3 schema, etc.). 
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+#%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
+
+%build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
+%{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__python} setup.py install \
+   --root=%{buildroot} \
+   --install-headers=%{_includedir}/python \
+   --install-lib=%{python_sitearch}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{python_sitearch}/*.so
+%{python_sitearch}/*.py*
+%{python_sitearch}/python_ldap-%{version}-*-info/*
+%dir %{python_sitearch}/ldap
+%{python_sitearch}/ldap/*.py*
+%dir %{python_sitearch}/ldap/schema
+%{python_sitearch}/ldap/schema/*.py*
+%doc CHANGES LICENCE README TODO
+%doc Demo
+
+%changelog
+* Fri May 17 2013 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.3.6-2mamba
+- python 2.7 mass rebuild
+
+* Mon Mar 30 2009 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.3.6-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Fri Jan 30 2009 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.3.5-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Fri Oct 20 2006 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 2.2.0-1qilnx
+- update to version 2.2.0 by autospec
+- added documentation
+- fixed license
+- install the library file in the %%python_sitearch directory
+
+* Tue Aug 09 2005 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.0.9-1qilnx
+- update to version 2.0.9 by autospec
+
+* Wed Mar 16 2005 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.0.6-1qilnx
+- package created by autospec