diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c9bd91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SOURCES/pyjwt-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.python-jwt.metadata b/.python-jwt.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cea48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-jwt.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+40f67009f06dd6ff7b0a1b43cf0c4b4ef80f4bcd SOURCES/pyjwt-1.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/disable-coverage-and-runner.patch b/SOURCES/disable-coverage-and-runner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d1d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/disable-coverage-and-runner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -Nurp pyjwt-1.6.1.orig/setup.py pyjwt-1.6.1/setup.py
+--- pyjwt-1.6.1.orig/setup.py 2018-03-18 08:37:23.000000000 -0500
++++ pyjwt-1.6.1/setup.py 2018-04-04 23:46:56.178058061 -0500
+@@ -34,13 +34,8 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
+
+ tests_require = [
+ 'pytest >3,<4',
+- 'pytest-cov',
+- 'pytest-runner',
+ ]
+
+-needs_pytest = set(('pytest', 'test', 'ptr')).intersection(sys.argv)
+-pytest_runner = ['pytest-runner'] if needs_pytest else []
+-
+ setup(
+ name='PyJWT',
+ version=version,
+@@ -67,7 +62,6 @@ setup(
+ 'Topic :: Utilities',
+ ],
+ test_suite='tests',
+- setup_requires=pytest_runner,
+ tests_require=tests_require,
+ extras_require=dict(
+ test=tests_require,
diff --git a/SPECS/python-jwt.spec b/SPECS/python-jwt.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c391d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPECS/python-jwt.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+%global _docdir_fmt %{name}
+%global srcname jwt
+
+Name: python-jwt
+Version: 1.6.1
+Release: 2%{?dist}
+Summary: JSON Web Token implementation in Python
+License: MIT
+URL: https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt
+Source0: %{url}/archive/%{version}/pyjwt-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: disable-coverage-and-runner.patch
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-cryptography >= 1.4.0
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
+
+%global _description \
+A Python implementation of JSON Web Token draft 01. This library provides a\
+means of representing signed content using JSON data structures, including\
+claims to be transferred between two parties encoded as digitally signed and\
+encrypted JSON objects.
+
+%description %{_description}
+
+%package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}
+Summary: %{summary}
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-cryptography >= 1.4.0
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}}
+
+%description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname} %{_description}
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n pyjwt-%{version} -p 1
+# prevent pulling in `addopts` for pytest run later
+rm setup.cfg
+
+%build
+%py3_build
+
+%install
+%py3_install
+
+%check
+py.test-%{python3_version} --verbose
+
+%files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-jwt
+%doc README.rst AUTHORS
+%license LICENSE
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}/
+%{python3_sitelib}/PyJWT-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%{_bindir}/pyjwt
+
+%changelog
+* Wed May 16 2018 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 1.6.1-2
+- Drop python2 subpackage
+
+ Resolves: rhbz#1567177
+
+* Thu Apr 05 2018 Carl George <carl@george.computer> - 1.6.1-1
+- Latest upstream
+- Add patch0 to remove pytest-{cov,runner} deps
+- Share doc and license dir between subpackages
+- Enable EPEL PY3 build
+
+* Mon Feb 12 2018 Iryna Shcherbina <ishcherb@redhat.com> - 1.5.3-3
+- Update Python 2 dependency declarations to new packaging standards
+ (See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3)
+
+* Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Sep 16 2017 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.5.3-1
+- Update to 1.5.3. Fixes bug #1488693
+- 1.5.1 fixed CVE-2017-11424 Fixes bug #1482529
+
+* Mon Aug 14 2017 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1.5.2-3
+- Fixup spec file conditionals
+
+* Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.2-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jun 24 2017 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.5.2-1
+- Update to 1.5.2. Fixes bug #1464286
+
+* Sat May 27 2017 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.5.0-1
+- Update to 1.5.0. Fixes bug #1443792
+
+* Mon Apr 17 2017 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.4.2-4
+- Modernize spec and make sure to provide python2-jwt
+
+* Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Dec 13 2016 Stratakis Charalampos <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1.4.2-2
+- Rebuild for Python 3.6
+
+* Mon Aug 15 2016 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.4.2-1
+- Update to 1.4.2. Fixes bug #1356333
+
+* Tue Jul 19 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-4
+- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Automatic_Provides_for_Python_RPM_Packages
+
+* Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Nov 10 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/python3.5
+
+* Wed Sep 16 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.4.0-1
+- new version
+
+* Wed Jun 17 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.3.0-1
+- new version
+- start running the test suite.
+
+* Fri Mar 27 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.0.1-1
+- new version
+
+* Thu Mar 19 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.0.0-1
+- new version
+
+* Fri Feb 20 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 0.4.3-1
+- Latest upstream.
+- Expand the description as per review feedback.
+- Add a comment about the test suite.
+- Declare noarch.
+- Declare _docdir_fmt
+
+* Wed Feb 18 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 0.4.2-1
+- initial package for Fedora.