diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 544abd2d..4f367c50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 *.log
 *.trs
 finalcut.pc
+finalcut.spec
 stamp-h1
 _configs.sed
 config.guess
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2943b92a..bb214e70 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 2018-09-20  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
-	* added pkg-config file finalcut.pc
+	* Added pkg-config file finalcut.pc
 
 2018-09-16  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Implement a ttytype test for the FTermDetection unit test
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 472480af..2601458a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ host_triplet = @host@
 subdir = .
 DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
 	$(top_srcdir)/configure $(am__configure_deps) \
-	$(srcdir)/config.h.in $(srcdir)/finalcut.pc.in AUTHORS COPYING \
-	COPYING.LESSER ChangeLog compile config.guess config.sub \
-	depcomp install-sh missing ltmain.sh
+	$(srcdir)/config.h.in $(srcdir)/finalcut.spec.in \
+	$(srcdir)/finalcut.pc.in AUTHORS COPYING COPYING.LESSER \
+	ChangeLog compile config.guess config.sub depcomp install-sh \
+	missing ltmain.sh
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/ax_prefix_config_h.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/cppunit.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/libtool.m4 \
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES = config.status config.cache config.log \
  configure.lineno config.status.lineno
 mkinstalldirs = $(install_sh) -d
 CONFIG_HEADER = config.h
-CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = finalcut.pc
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = finalcut.spec finalcut.pc
 CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES =
 AM_V_P = $(am__v_P_@AM_V@)
 am__v_P_ = $(am__v_P_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
@@ -417,6 +418,8 @@ $(srcdir)/config.h.in:  $(am__configure_deps)
 
 distclean-hdr:
 	-rm -f config.h stamp-h1
+finalcut.spec: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/finalcut.spec.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@
 finalcut.pc: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/finalcut.pc.in
 	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 31bee2d0..6432d3f7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17786,7 +17786,7 @@ SO_VERSION="4:0:4"
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile fonts/Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile src/test/Makefile finalcut.pc"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile fonts/Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile src/test/Makefile finalcut.spec finalcut.pc"
 
 
 # use GPM (General Purpose Mouse)
@@ -19239,6 +19239,7 @@ do
     "doc/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES doc/Makefile" ;;
     "examples/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/Makefile" ;;
     "src/test/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/test/Makefile" ;;
+    "finalcut.spec") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES finalcut.spec" ;;
     "finalcut.pc") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES finalcut.pc" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 71a0b848..9c710191 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  doc/Makefile
                  examples/Makefile
                  src/test/Makefile
+                 finalcut.spec
                  finalcut.pc])
 
 # use GPM (General Purpose Mouse)
diff --git a/finalcut.spec b/finalcut.spec.in
similarity index 98%
rename from finalcut.spec
rename to finalcut.spec.in
index a67ece4c..6a31b675 100644
--- a/finalcut.spec
+++ b/finalcut.spec.in
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #
 # spec file for package finalcut
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 by Markus Gans
+# Copyright (c) 2018 by Markus Gans
 #
 
-Name:		finalcut
+Name:		@PACKAGE@
 %define         libname libfinal
 %define         libsoname %{libname}0
 
-Version:	0.4.0
+Version:	@VERSION@
 Release:	%{buildno}
 License:	LGPL-3.0
 Summary:	The Final Cut