diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eea8121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/pycountry-18.12.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/00-use_system_iso-codes.patch b/00-use_system_iso-codes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23de9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00-use_system_iso-codes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# User David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>
+# Date 1544770987 18000
+#      Fri Dec 14 02:03:07 2018 -0500
+# Node ID a3985a161774c2edc1a971e855c95bba2b659bc9
+# Parent  dbc5a081e509a0f099449d8e2367ea4826b20f76
+Use system iso-codes.
+
+diff --git a/src/pycountry/__init__.py b/src/pycountry/__init__.py
+--- a/src/pycountry/__init__.py
++++ b/src/pycountry/__init__.py
+@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ except ImportError:
+         return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), resource_name)
+ 
+ 
+-LOCALES_DIR = resource_filename('pycountry', 'locales')
+-DATABASE_DIR = resource_filename('pycountry', 'databases')
++LOCALES_DIR = '/usr/share/locale'
++DATABASE_DIR = '/usr/share/iso-codes/json'
+ 
+ 
+ class ExistingCountries(pycountry.db.Database):
+@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ class Subdivisions(pycountry.db.Database
+         return subdivisions
+ 
+ 
+-countries = ExistingCountries(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso3166-1.json'))
++countries = ExistingCountries(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_3166-1.json'))
+ historic_countries = HistoricCountries(
+-    os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso3166-3.json'))
+-scripts = Scripts(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso15924.json'))
+-currencies = Currencies(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso4217.json'))
+-languages = Languages(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso639-3.json'))
+-subdivisions = Subdivisions(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso3166-2.json'))
++    os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_3166-3.json'))
++scripts = Scripts(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_15924.json'))
++currencies = Currencies(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_4217.json'))
++languages = Languages(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_639-3.json'))
++subdivisions = Subdivisions(os.path.join(DATABASE_DIR, 'iso_3166-2.json'))
+diff --git a/src/pycountry/tests/test_general.py b/src/pycountry/tests/test_general.py
+--- a/src/pycountry/tests/test_general.py
++++ b/src/pycountry/tests/test_general.py
+@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_languages():
+ 
+ def test_locales():
+     german = gettext.translation(
+-        'iso3166', pycountry.LOCALES_DIR, languages=['de'])
++        'iso_3166', pycountry.LOCALES_DIR, languages=['de'])
+     german.install()
+     assert __builtins__['_']('Germany') == 'Deutschland'
+ 
diff --git a/python-pycountry.spec b/python-pycountry.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4a41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-pycountry.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+%global srcname pycountry
+
+Name:           python-%{srcname}
+Version:        18.12.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations
+
+License:        LGPLv2
+URL:            https://bitbucket.org/flyingcircus/pycountry
+Source0:        %pypi_source
+# Rebased from Debian:
+Patch0001:      00-use_system_iso-codes.patch
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+BuildRequires:  iso-codes >= 4.1
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(setuptools)
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest)
+
+%description
+pycountry provides the ISO databases for the standards:
+* 639-3 Languages
+* 3166 Countries
+* 3166-3 Deleted countries
+* 3166-2 Subdivisions of countries
+* 4217 Currencies
+* 15924 Scripts
+
+
+%package -n     python3-%{srcname}
+Summary:        %{summary}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}}
+
+Requires:       iso-codes >= 4.1
+
+%description -n python3-%{srcname}
+pycountry provides the ISO databases for the standards:
+* 639-3 Languages
+* 3166 Countries
+* 3166-3 Deleted countries
+* 3166-2 Subdivisions of countries
+* 4217 Currencies
+* 15924 Scripts
+
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version} -p1
+
+# Remove bundled egg-info
+rm -rf src/%{srcname}.egg-info
+
+# Remove bundled iso-codes data
+rm -rf src/%{srcname}/{databases,locales}
+
+
+%build
+%py3_build
+
+
+%install
+%py3_install
+
+
+%check
+PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    %{__python3} -m pytest --pyargs pycountry
+
+
+%files -n python3-%{srcname}
+%doc README HISTORY.txt
+%license LICENSE.txt
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info
+
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Dec 13 2018 Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum.analyst@gmail.com> - 18.12.8-1
+- Initial package.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30c4d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (pycountry-18.12.8.tar.gz) = 9797688ada8ea54c1a56a2cf4d0ad765001816c822c40077953fa71e3af285114c4b5beaf739a24432b9c6ea794952ce347a40ae0bcd9a2c00d12ddc7b45261e