diff --git a/contrib/package/rpm/copyparty.spec b/contrib/package/rpm/copyparty.spec
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+Name:           copyparty
+Version:        $pkgver
+Release:        $pkgrel
+License:        MIT
+Group:          Utilities
+URL:            https://github.com/9001/copyparty
+Source0:        copyparty-$pkgver.tar.gz
+Summary:        File server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python3, python3-devel, pyproject-rpm-macros, python-setuptools, python-wheel, make
+Requires:       python3, (python3-jinja2 or python-jinja2), lsof
+Recommends:     ffmpeg, (golang-github-cloudflare-cfssl or cfssl), python-mutagen, python-pillow, python-pyvips
+Recommends:     qm-vamp-plugins, python-argon2-cffi, (python-pyopenssl or pyopenssl), python-impacket
+
+%description
+Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps
+
+See release at https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases
+
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%generate_buildrequires
+%pyproject_buildrequires
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+cd "copyparty/web"
+make
+cd -
+%pyproject_wheel
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/{system,user}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/etc/%{name}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/lib/%{name}-jail
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/licenses/%{name}
+
+%pyproject_install
+%pyproject_save_files copyparty
+
+install -m 0755 bin/prisonparty.sh                       %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/prisonpary.sh
+install -m 0644 contrib/systemd/%{name}.conf             %{buildroot}/etc/%{name}/%{name}.conf
+install -m 0644 contrib/systemd/%{name}@.service         %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/system/%{name}@.service
+install -m 0644 contrib/systemd/%{name}-user.service     %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/user/%{name}.service
+install -m 0644 contrib/systemd/prisonparty@.service     %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/system/prisonparty@.service
+install -m 0644 contrib/systemd/index.md                 %{buildroot}/var/lib/%{name}-jail/README.md
+install -m 0644 LICENSE                                  %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/licenses/%{name}/LICENSE
+
+%files -n copyparty -f %{pyproject_files}
+%license LICENSE
+%{_bindir}/copyparty
+%{_bindir}/partyfuse
+%{_bindir}/u2c
+%{_bindir}/prisonpary.sh
+/etc/%{name}/%{name}.conf
+%{_libdir}/systemd/system/%{name}@.service
+%{_libdir}/systemd/user/%{name}.service
+%{_libdir}/systemd/system/prisonparty@.service
+/var/lib/%{name}-jail/README.md
diff --git a/scripts/make-rpm.sh b/scripts/make-rpm.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#--localbuild to build webdeps and tar locally; otherwise just download prebuilt
+#--pm change packagemanager; otherwise default to dnf
+
+while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
+	case $1 in
+		local-build)  local_build=1  ; ;;
+		pm)           shift;packagemanager="$1";  ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+[ -e copyparty/__main__.py ] || cd ..
+[ -e copyparty/__main__.py ] ||
+{
+	echo "run me from within the project root folder"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+packagemanager=${packagemanager:-dnf}
+ver=$(awk '/^VERSION/{gsub(/[^0-9]/," ");printf "%d.%d.%d\n",$1,$2,$3}' copyparty/__version__.py)
+releasedir="dist/temp_copyparty_$ver"
+sourcepkg="copyparty-$ver.tar.gz"
+
+#make temporary directory to build rpm in
+mkdir -p $releasedir/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
+trap "rm -rf $releasedir/" EXIT
+
+# make/get tarball
+if [ $local_build ]; then 
+    if [ ! -f "copyparty/web/deps/mini-fa.woff" ]; then
+        sudo $packagemanager update
+        sudo $packagemanager install podman-docker docker
+        make -C deps-docker
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "dist/$sourcepkg" ]; then
+        ./$cppdir/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh "$ver"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ ! -f "dist/$sourcepkg" ]; then
+        curl -OL https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/download/v$ver/$sourcepkg --output-dir dist
+    fi
+fi
+
+cp dist/$sourcepkg "$releasedir/SOURCES/$sourcepkg"
+
+cp "contrib/package/rpm/copyparty.spec" "$releasedir/SPECS/"
+sed -i "s/\$pkgver/$ver/g" "$releasedir/SPECS/copyparty.spec"
+sed -i "s/\$pkgrel/1/g"  "$releasedir/SPECS/copyparty.spec"
+
+sudo $packagemanager update
+sudo $packagemanager install rpmdevtools python-wheel python-setuptools pyproject-rpm-macros
+cd "$releasedir/"
+rpmbuild --define "_topdir `pwd`" -bb SPECS/copyparty.spec
+cd -
+
+rpm="copyparty-$ver-1.noarch.rpm"
+mv "$releasedir/RPMS/noarch/$rpm" dist/$rpm