diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e323dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SOURCES/italiano_2_4_2007_09_01.zip
diff --git a/.hunspell-it.metadata b/.hunspell-it.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd27f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hunspell-it.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b5c50c8afcad3f82757827ac7dd696b550b06d80 SOURCES/italiano_2_4_2007_09_01.zip
diff --git a/SOURCES/hunspell-it-sf2994177.cleandic.patch b/SOURCES/hunspell-it-sf2994177.cleandic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b42a47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/hunspell-it-sf2994177.cleandic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- it_IT.dic 2010-04-29 14:31:47.000000000 +0100
++++ it_IT.dic 2010-04-29 14:32:07.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1,32 +1,4 @@
+-95221
+-/ Dizionario italiano
+-/
+-/ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Gianluca Turconi
+-/ Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Gianluca Turconi and Davide Prina
+-/ Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Davide Prina
+-/
+-/ E-Mail: DavidePrina(CHIOCCIOLA)yahoo(PUNTO)com
+-/ home: http://linguistico.sf.net/wiki
+-/
+-/ Version 2.4 (01/09/2007) (DD/MM/YYYY)
+-/
+-/ This file is distributed under GPL license.
+-/
+-/ This file is part of the "dizionario italiano".
+-/
+-/ The "dizionario italiano" is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+-/ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+-/ by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+-/ (at your option) any later version.
+-/
+-/ The "dizionario italiano" is distributed in the hope that it will be
+-/ useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-/ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+-/ GNU General Public License for more details.
+-/
+-/ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+-/ License along with the "dizionario italiano",
+-/ if not, see .
++95195
+ a
+ ab
+ abaco/OTqr
diff --git a/SPECS/hunspell-it.spec b/SPECS/hunspell-it.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f49de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPECS/hunspell-it.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+Name: hunspell-it
+Summary: Italian hunspell dictionaries
+%global upstreamid 20070901
+Version: 2.4
+Release: 0.17.%{upstreamid}%{?dist}
+Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linguistico/italiano_2_4_2007_09_01.zip
+URL: http://linguistico.sourceforge.net
+License: GPLv3+
+BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: hunspell
+Supplements: (hunspell and langpacks-it)
+#dic contains free-form text inside the .dic, i.e. "error: line 3: bad flagvector"
+# https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2994177&group_id=128318&atid=711333
+Patch0: hunspell-it-sf2994177.cleandic.patch
+
+%description
+Italian hunspell dictionaries.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -c -n hunspell-it
+%patch0 -p0 -b .cleandic
+
+%build
+chmod -x *
+
+%install
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell
+cp -p *.dic *.aff $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell
+pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell/
+it_IT_aliases="it_CH"
+for lang in $it_IT_aliases; do
+ ln -s it_IT.aff $lang.aff
+ ln -s it_IT.dic $lang.dic
+done
+
+
+
+%files
+%doc it_IT_README.txt it_IT_COPYING it_IT_AUTHORS it_IT_license.txt it_IT_notes.txt
+%{_datadir}/myspell/*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.17.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.16.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.15.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 19 2016 Parag Nemade - 2.4-0.14.20070901
+- Add Supplements: tag for langpacks naming guidelines
+- Clean the specfile to follow current packaging guidelines
+
+* Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.13.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.12.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.11.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.10.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.9.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.8.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.7.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.6.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Apr 29 2010 Caolan McNamara - 2.4-0.5.20070901
+- remove spurious text from .dic
+
+* Tue Jan 05 2010 Caolan McNamara - 2.4-0.4.20070901
+- it_IT_README.1st says GPLv2+, but it_IT_README.txt says GPLv3+ ->
+ change license field to GPLv3+
+
+* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.3.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.4-0.2.20070901
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Sep 03 2007 Caolan McNamara - 2.4-0.1.20070901
+- latest version
+
+* Fri Aug 03 2007 Caolan McNamara - 2.3-0.2.20060723
+- clarify license version
+
+* Thu Dec 07 2006 Caolan McNamara - 2.3-0.1.20060723
+- initial version