diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..038ff4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+specfile_path: packaging/shellai.spec
+upstream_package_name: shellai
+downstream_package_name: shellai
+upstream_project_url: https://github.com/rhel-lightspeed/shellai
+
+srpm_build_deps: []
+
+jobs:
+  # Defaults for copr
+  - &copr-build-defaults
+    job: copr_build
+    owner: "@rhel-lightspeed"
+    project: shellai
+    targets:
+      - rhel-8-x86_64
+      - rhel-9-x86_64
+    actions:
+      # do not get the version from a tag (git describe) but from the spec file
+      get-current-version:
+        - grep -oP '^Version:\s+\K\S+' packaging/shellai.spec
+
+  # Build RPMs for each pull request
+  - &copr-build-pull-request
+    <<: *copr-build-defaults
+    trigger: pull_request
+
+  # Build RPMs for main branch
+  - &copr-build-main
+    <<: *copr-build-defaults
+    trigger: commit
+    branch: main
+    actions:
+      # bump spec so we get release starting with 2 and hence all the default branch builds will
+      # have higher NVR than all the PR builds
+      post-upstream-clone:
+        - rpmdev-bumpspec --comment='latest upstream build' ./packaging/shellai.spec
+      # do not get the version from a tag (git describe) but from the spec file
+      get-current-version:
+        - grep -oP '^Version:\s+\K\S+' packaging/shellai.spec
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be85d6b..b2a5933 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ clean: ## Clean project files
 	@find . -name '__pycache__' -exec rm -fr {} +
 	@find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} +
 	@find . -name '*.pyo' -exec rm -f {} +
-	@rm -rf .pdm-build .ruff_cache .coverage .pdm-python
+	@rm -rf .pdm-build .ruff_cache .coverage .pdm-python dist
diff --git a/packaging/shellai.spec b/packaging/shellai.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b061d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/shellai.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Name:           shellai
+Version:        0.1.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        A simple wrapper to interact with RAG
+
+License:        Apache v2
+URL:            https://github.com/rhel-lightspeed/shellai
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildArch:      x86_64
+
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+
+# We need to talk to subscription-manager over dbus
+Requires:       python3-requests
+Requires:       python3-pyyaml
+
+%description
+A simple wrapper to interact with RAG
+
+%prep
+%autosetup
+
+%generate_buildrequires
+%pyproject_buildrequires -t
+
+%build
+# Do not include unit tests in the package
+rm -rf build/lib/%{name}/tests
+%pyproject_wheel
+
+%install
+# TODO(r0x0d): Create config file
+%pyproject_install
+
+# Here, "shellai" is the name of the importable module.
+%pyproject_save_files -l shellai
+
+
+%files -n python3-shellai -f ${pyproject_files}
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
+%{_bindir}/shellai
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 689b8d7..119a82d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/rhel-lightspeed/shellai/issues"
 shellai = "shellai.__main__:main"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["pdm-backend"]
-build-backend = "pdm.backend"
+# pdm build is not available in rhel baseos repositories
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 # ----- Tooling specifics