diff --git a/template.spec b/template.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b1f97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Name:		
+Version:	
+Release:	1%{?dist}
+Summary:	
+
+Group:		
+License:	
+URL:		
+Source0:	
+BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildRequires:	
+Requires:	
+
+%description
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc
+
+
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 9a13acd..b4c22dc 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Source12: vi_help.txt
 %if %{withvimspell}
 Source13: vim-spell-files.tar.bz2
 %endif
+Source14: template.spec
 
 Patch2002: vim-7.0-fixkeys.patch
 Patch2003: vim-6.2-specsyntax.patch
@@ -826,6 +827,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/after
 cp -f %{SOURCE11} .
+cp -f %{SOURCE14} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/
 cp runtime/doc/uganda.txt LICENSE
 
 
@@ -982,6 +984,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{vimdir}
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/after
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/template.spec
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{vimdir}/autoload
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{vimdir}/colors
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{vimdir}/compiler
@@ -1135,6 +1138,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 * Tue Mar 11 2008 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 7.1.270-1
 - patchlevel 270
 - don't write swapfile on most common locations for USB-sticks (#436752)
+- add spec file template
 
 * Mon Mar 10 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 7.1.269-2
 - BR: ExtUtils::Embed to find perl headers
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 5eaf262..9097e86 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ if has("autocmd")
   \ endif
   " don't write swapfile on most commonly used directories for NFS mounts or USB sticks
   autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /media/*,/mnt/* set directory=~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp
+  " start with spec file template
+  autocmd BufNewFile *.spec 0r /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/template.spec
 endif
 
 if has("cscope") && filereadable("/usr/bin/cscope")