diff --git a/macros.octave b/macros.octave
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..660a50a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.octave
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+%octave_api %(octave-config -p API_VERSION || echo 0)}
+%_octshareprefix %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/octave
+%_octprefix %{_octshareprefix}/packages
+%_octarchprefix %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/octave/packages
+%octave_cmd() octave -H -q --no-site-file --eval "%*";
+%octave_pkg_build %octave_cmd pkg build '-verbose' %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch} %SOURCE0
+%octave_pkg_install \
+mkdir -p %{_octprefix} \
+mkdir -p %{_octarchprefix} \
+%octave_cmd warning('off','all');pkg('prefix','%{_octprefix}','%{_octarchprefix}');pkg('global_list',fullfile('%{_octshareprefix}','octave_packages'));pkg('local_list',fullfile('%{_octshareprefix}','octave_packages'));pkg('install','-nodeps','-verbose','%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}/%{octpkg}-%{version}.tar.gz');unlink(pkg('local_list'));unlink(pkg('global_list')); \
+if [ -e %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m ] \
+then \
+    mv %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m.orig \
+fi \
+echo "function on_uninstall (desc)" > %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m \
+echo "  error ('Can not uninstall %s installed by the redhat package manager', desc.name);" >> %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m \
+echo "endfunction" >> %{buildroot}%{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m \
+%{nil}
+%_octave_pkg_preun \
+rm %{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m \
+if [ -e %{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m.orig ]; then \
+  mv %{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m.orig %{octpkgdir}/packinfo/on_uninstall.m \
+  cd %{octpkgdir}/packinfo \
+  %octave_cmd l=pkg('list');on_uninstall(l{cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x.name,'%{octpkg}'),l)}); \
+fi \
+%{nil}
+%octpkgdir %{_datadir}/octave/packages/%{octpkg}-%{version}
+%octpkglibdir %{_libexecdir}/octave/packages/%{octpkg}-%{version}
diff --git a/octave.spec b/octave.spec
index 2542463..3213836 100644
--- a/octave.spec
+++ b/octave.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 Name:           octave
 Version:        3.4.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A high-level language for numerical computations
 Epoch:          6
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
 License:        GPLv3+
 Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:        macros.octave
 # Add missing cstddef for gcc 4.6
 Patch0:         octave-3.4.0-gcc46.patch
 URL:            http://www.octave.org
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ touch %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/octave_packages
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/prelink.conf.d
 echo "-b %{_bindir}/octave-%{version}" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/prelink.conf.d/octave.conf
 
+# rpm macros
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm
+cp -p %SOURCE1 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/
+
 
 # TODO - Fix this:
 #  src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/md5sum.cc ............................*** stack smashing detected ***: /builddir/build/BUILD/octave-3.3.54/src/.libs/lt-octave terminated
@@ -150,7 +155,8 @@ fi
 %doc AUTHORS BUGS ChangeLog* COPYING NEWS* PROJECTS README README.Linux
 %doc README.kpathsea
 # FIXME: Create an -emacs package that has the emacs addon
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/ld.so.conf.d/octave-*.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ld.so.conf.d/octave-*.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.octave
 %{_bindir}/octave*
 %{_libdir}/octave-%{version}/
 %{_libexecdir}/octave/
@@ -183,6 +189,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 14 2011 Orion Poplawski <orion[AT]cora.nwra com> - 6:3.4.0-3
+- Add rpm macros
+- Rebuild should pick up fixed suitesparse
+
 * Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.4.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild