diff --git a/utils/packpack/autosetup.patch b/utils/packpack/autosetup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffae62b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/packpack/autosetup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- packpack/pack/rpm.mk	2017-01-14 14:01:50.364217882 -0600
++++ packpack/pack/rpm.mk.new	2017-01-14 14:01:19.594985311 -0600
+@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
+ 		-e 's/Release:\([ ]*\).*/Release: $(RELEASE)%{dist}/' \
+ 		-e 's/Source0:\([ ]*\).*/Source0: $(TARBALL)/' \
+ 		-e 's/%setup .*/%setup -q -n $(PRODUCT)-$(VERSION)/' \
++		-e 's/%autosetup -n .*/%autosetup -n $(PRODUCT)-$(VERSION)/' \
+ 		-i $@.tmp
+ 	grep -F "Version: $(VERSION)" $@.tmp && \
+ 		grep -F "Release: $(RELEASE)" $@.tmp && \
+ 		grep -F "Source0: $(TARBALL)" $@.tmp && \
+-		grep -F "%setup -q -n $(PRODUCT)-$(VERSION)" $@.tmp || \
++		(grep -F "%setup -q -n $(PRODUCT)-$(VERSION)" $@.tmp || \
++		grep -F "%autosetup" $@.tmp) || \
+ 		(echo "Failed to patch RPM spec" && exit 1)
+ 	@ mv -f $@.tmp $@
+ 	@echo
diff --git a/utils/packpack/fedora25_package.mk b/utils/packpack/fedora25_package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61a5a8430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/packpack/fedora25_package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.PHONY: fedora25_package
+.NOTPARALLEL: fedora25_package
+
+fedora25_package: fedora25_bootstrap package
+
+fedora25_bootstrap:
+	sudo dnf install -y curl
+	sudo dnf install -y --nogpgcheck build/zmrepo-25-1.fc25.noarch.rpm
+
diff --git a/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..753134b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# packpack setup file for ZoneMinder project
+# Written by Andrew Bauer
+
+# This script is jsut a first start. It will change siginificantly as support
+# for more distros is added.
+
+ln -s distros/redhat rpm
+mkdir -p build
+curl -L https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/crud/archive/v3.0.10.tar.gz > build/crud-3.0.10.tar.gz
+git clone https://github.com/packpack/packpack.git packpack
+patch < utils/packpack/autosetup.patch
+packpack/packpack -f utils/packpack/fedora25_package.mk fedora25_package
+