diff --git a/scripts/rtems/header.add b/scripts/rtems/header.add
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+#
+# spec file for building an rtems bsp.
+# 
diff --git a/scripts/rtems/rtems.add b/scripts/rtems/rtems.add
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+Name:         rtems-@target_alias@-@bsp@
+Version:      @rtems_version@
+Summary:      A free operating system for embedded systems
+Source:       ftp://ftp.rtems.org/pub/rtems/rtems-%{version}.tar.bz2
+
+#
+# The original sources are not included in the source RPM.
+# If we included them, then the source RPMs for each target
+# would duplicate MBs of source unnecessarily.
+#
+%{?!_with_sources:NoSource:      0}
+
+%description
+RTEMS is a free operating system for embedded systems.
+
+%prep
+# untar the sources inside rtems-@target_alias@-@bsp@-@rtems_version@
+%setup -c -T -n rtems-@target_alias@-@bsp@-@rtems_version@ -a0
+# no patch needed
+# %patch
+
+%build
+# rtems does not support building inside the source tree
+  mkdir -p build
+  cd build
+  ../rtems-@rtems_version@/configure \
+  --target=@target_alias@ \
+  --prefix=%{_prefix}/@target_alias@ \
+  --enable-networking \
+  --enable-posix \
+  --enable-cxx \
+  --disable-tests \
+  --enable-rdbg \
+  --disable-multiprocessing \
+  --disable-itron 
+  make RTEMS_BSP=@bsp@ 
+
+%install
+  rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+  make RTEMS_BSP=@bsp@ DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+
diff --git a/scripts/rtems/target-rtems.add b/scripts/rtems/target-rtems.add
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+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_prefix}