diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1584a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/newtype_derive-0.1.6.crate
diff --git a/0001-bump-rustc_version-to-0.2.patch b/0001-bump-rustc_version-to-0.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8e853a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-bump-rustc_version-to-0.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From a3013a748fdcceb09f7db287e7bddfc162b903fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.brain@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 14:10:43 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] bump rustc_version to 0.2
+
+Signed-off-by: Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.brain@gmail.com>
+---
+ newtype_derive/build.rs | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/newtype_derive/build.rs b/newtype_derive/build.rs
+index c617b37..e4a10e0 100644
+--- a/newtype_derive/build.rs
++++ b/newtype_derive/build.rs
+@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ files in the project carrying such notice may not be copied, modified,
+ or distributed except according to those terms.
+ */
+ extern crate rustc_version;
+-use rustc_version::{version_matches};
++use rustc_version::{version, Version};
+ 
+ fn main() {
+     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
+ 
+-    if version_matches("1.8.0") {
++    if version().unwrap() >= Version::parse("1.8.0").unwrap() {
+         println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=op_assign");
+     }
+ }
+-- 
+2.15.1
+
diff --git a/newtype_derive-0.1.6-fix-metadata.diff b/newtype_derive-0.1.6-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d04c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newtype_derive-0.1.6-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- newtype_derive-0.1.6/Cargo.toml	2016-04-22T07:46:11+02:00
++++ newtype_derive-0.1.6/Cargo.toml	2017-12-05T14:00:14.283698+01:00
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ std-unstable = []
+ 
+ [build-dependencies]
+-rustc_version = "0.1.7"
++rustc_version = "0.2"
+ 
+ [dev-dependencies]
+ custom_derive = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/rust-newtype_derive.spec b/rust-newtype_derive.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..821f3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-newtype_derive.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Generated by rust2rpm
+%bcond_without check
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%global crate newtype_derive
+
+Name:           rust-%{crate}
+Version:        0.1.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Macros for deriving common traits for newtype structures
+
+# https://github.com/DanielKeep/rust-custom-derive/issues/36
+License:        MIT or ASL 2.0
+URL:            https://crates.io/crates/newtype_derive
+Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{crate}-%{version}.crate
+# Initial patched metadata
+# * Bump rustc_version to 0.2, https://github.com/DanielKeep/rust-custom-derive/pull/37
+Patch0:         newtype_derive-0.1.6-fix-metadata.diff
+# Make it work with rustc_version v0.2
+Patch1:         0001-bump-rustc_version-to-0.2.patch
+
+ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
+
+BuildRequires:  rust-packaging
+# [build-dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(rustc_version) >= 0.2.0 with crate(rustc_version) < 0.3.0)
+%if %{with check}
+# [dev-dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(custom_derive) >= 0.1.1 with crate(custom_derive) < 0.2.0)
+%endif
+
+%description
+%{summary}.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description    devel
+This crate provides macros for deriving common traits for newtype structures.
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages
+which use %{crate} from crates.io.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -N
+# https://github.com/DanielKeep/rust-custom-derive/issues/35
+grep -IUlr $'\r' | xargs sed -i 's/\r$//'
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p2
+%cargo_prep
+
+%build
+%cargo_build
+
+%install
+%cargo_install
+
+%if %{with check}
+%check
+%cargo_test
+%endif
+
+%files          devel
+%{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Dec 05 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.1.6-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0050525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (newtype_derive-0.1.6.crate) = 729cdadbad4e058f2a6535f4d321a668f784fe80f89f980ec825a13620f413706a8ba01af1e4857c007bebabb98c650d1e51a2008f444727c208a9980ec78dc8