diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..fc39cc6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/underscore.string-2.3.1.tgz
diff --git a/nodejs-underscore-dot-string-2.3.1-Ensure-correct-encoding.patch b/nodejs-underscore-dot-string-2.3.1-Ensure-correct-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff6497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs-underscore-dot-string-2.3.1-Ensure-correct-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From ed512e2f221362f8af932321c58c5b4c0b0bcf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jamie Nguyen <j@jamielinux.com>
+Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 17:39:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Ensure correct encoding is used for 'rake build'
+
+---
+ Rakefile | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
+index 587c81b..2cd9eed 100644
+--- a/Rakefile
++++ b/Rakefile
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ task default: :test
+ desc 'Use UglifyJS to compress Underscore.string'
+ task :build do
+   require 'uglifier'
+-  source = File.read('lib/underscore.string.js')
++  source = File.read('lib/underscore.string.js', :encoding => 'utf-8')
+   compressed = Uglifier.compile(source, copyright: false)
+   File.open('dist/underscore.string.min.js', 'w'){ |f| f.write compressed }
+   compression_rate = compressed.length.to_f/source.length
+@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ task :test do
+   result2 = system %{phantomjs ./test/run-qunit.js "test/test_underscore/index.html"}
+ 
+   exit(result1 && result2 ? 0 : 1)
+-end
+\ No newline at end of file
++end
+-- 
+1.8.2.1
+
diff --git a/nodejs-underscore-dot-string.spec b/nodejs-underscore-dot-string.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a09dd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs-underscore-dot-string.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+%{?nodejs_find_provides_and_requires}
+
+%global enable_tests 0
+
+Name:       nodejs-underscore-dot-string
+Version:    2.3.1
+Release:    1%{?dist}
+Summary:    String manipulation extensions for the Underscore.js JavaScript library
+# License text is contained within README.markdown.
+License:    MIT
+Group:      System Environment/Libraries
+URL:        https://github.com/epeli/underscore.string
+Source0:    http://registry.npmjs.org/underscore.string/-/underscore.string-%{version}.tgz
+BuildArch:  noarch
+
+# Building fails due to incorrectly determined file encoding.
+# Pull request sent: https://github.com/epeli/underscore.string/pull/210
+Patch0:     %{name}-2.3.1-Ensure-correct-encoding.patch
+
+BuildRequires:  nodejs-devel
+BuildRequires:  rubygem-rake
+BuildRequires:  rubygem-uglifier
+
+%if 0%{?enable_tests}
+BuildRequires:  npm(qunit)
+BuildRequires:  phantomjs
+%endif
+
+%description
+%{summary}.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n package
+%patch0 -p1
+# Pre-minified files must be removed and minified manually.
+rm -f dist/*
+
+
+%build
+/usr/bin/rake build
+
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/underscore.string
+cp -pr package.json dist/ lib/ \
+    %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/underscore.string
+
+%nodejs_symlink_deps
+
+
+%if 0%{?enable_tests}
+%check
+ln -sf %{nodejs_sitelib} .
+%endif
+
+
+%files
+%doc README.markdown
+%{nodejs_sitelib}/underscore.string
+
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jun 21 2013 Jamie Nguyen <jamielinux@fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.1-1
+- initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..d13c998 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e70536cab496828d1b886a93f3fc5fec  underscore.string-2.3.1.tgz