diff --git a/README b/README
index a136cc5..be13992 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ gPodder 4 for Sailfish OS
 This repository contains the platform-specific customizations and packaging for
 running gPodder 4 on Sailfish OS. Python 3.3.3 and PyOtherSide is already included
 in the device repositories starting with Sailfish OS 1.0.3.8.
+
+To build, make sure you have make and rpm installed, then:
+
+    make -f dist.mk
+
+This should give you an installable .rpm file in the current directory.
diff --git a/dist.mk b/dist.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..983beed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Make distribution RPM
+# Thomas Perl <m@thp.io>
+# Required packages (build-dependencies): rpm
+
+SPECSRC := rpm/harbour-org.gpodder.sailfish.spec
+
+RPMBUILD_ROOT := ~/rpmbuild
+NAME := $(shell rpmspec --query --queryformat='%{name}' $(SPECSRC))
+VERSION := $(shell rpmspec --query --queryformat='%{version}' $(SPECSRC))
+RELEASE := $(shell rpmspec --query --queryformat='%{release}' $(SPECSRC))
+SOURCES := README gpodder-core podcastparser gpodder-ui-qml qml
+RPMSRC := $(wildcard rpm/*.png rpm/*.desktop)
+
+TARNAME := $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+SPECNAME := $(NAME)-$(VERSION).spec
+RPMNAME := $(NAME)-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE).noarch.rpm
+
+all: rpm
+
+rpm: $(SPECNAME) $(TARNAME)
+	mkdir -p $(RPMBUILD_ROOT)/SOURCES
+	cp $(RPMSRC) $(TARNAME) $(RPMBUILD_ROOT)/SOURCES/
+	rpmbuild -bb --clean $(SPECNAME)
+	cp $(RPMBUILD_ROOT)/RPMS/noarch/$(RPMNAME) .
+
+$(TARNAME):
+	rm -rf tmp
+	mkdir -p tmp/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	cp -rpv $(SOURCES) tmp/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/
+	tar -C tmp -czvf $@ $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+
+$(SPECNAME): rpm/$(NAME).spec
+	cp $< $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(SPECNAME) $(TARNAME) tmp
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f $(RPMNAME)
+
+.DEFAULT: all
+.PHONY: all rpm clean distclean