diff --git a/Builds/rpm/rippled.spec b/Builds/rpm/rippled.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09f835cf41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Builds/rpm/rippled.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Name:           rippled
+Version:        0.23.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Ripple peer-to-peer network daemon
+
+Group:          Applications/Internet
+License:        ISC
+URL:            https://github.com/ripple/rippled
+
+# curl -L -o SOURCES/rippled-release.zip https://github.com/ripple/rippled/archive/release.zip
+Source0:        rippled-release.zip
+BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ scons openssl-devel protobuf-devel
+Requires:       protobuf openssl
+
+
+%description
+Rippled is the server component of the Ripple network.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -n rippled-release
+
+
+%build
+# Assume boost is manually installed
+export RIPPLED_BOOST_HOME=/usr/local/boost_1_55_0
+scons -j `grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo` build/rippled
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/%{name}
+cp LICENSE %{buildroot}/usr/share/%{name}/
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/bin
+cp build/rippled %{buildroot}/usr/bin/rippled
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/etc/%{name}
+cp doc/rippled-example.cfg %{buildroot}/etc/%{name}/rippled.cfg
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/lib/%{name}/db
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/log/%{name}
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+/usr/bin/rippled
+/usr/share/rippled/LICENSE
+/etc/rippled/rippled-example.cfg
+
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 24a91c5461..42763fab36 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ FreeBSD = bool('FreeBSD' == platform.system())
 Linux   = bool('Linux' == platform.system())
 Ubuntu  = bool(Linux and 'Ubuntu' == platform.linux_distribution()[0])
 Debian  = bool(Linux and 'debian' == platform.linux_distribution()[0])
+Fedora  = bool(Linux and 'Fedora' == platform.linux_distribution()[0])
 Archlinux  = bool(Linux and ('','','') == platform.linux_distribution()) #Arch still has issues with the platform module
 
 USING_CLANG = OSX or os.environ.get('CC', None) == 'clang'
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ BOOST_LIBS = [
 # included the platform can be whitelisted.
 # if FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux:
 
-if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux or Debian or OSX):
+if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux or Debian or OSX or Fedora):
     # non-mt libs do link with pthreads.
     env.Append(
         LIBS = BOOST_LIBS