diff --git a/daps.spec b/daps.spec
index e70dfc6..5472395 100644
--- a/daps.spec
+++ b/daps.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/Publishing/XML
 URL:            http://svn.berlios.de/viewvc/opensuse-doc/trunk/tools/daps/
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        %{name}.rpmlintrc
+Source2:        fetch_source
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
diff --git a/fetch_source b/fetch_source
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be167e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetch_source
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#
+# Create DAPS source tarball from SVN
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2011 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+#
+# Author:
+# Frank Sundermeyer <fsundermeyer at opensuse dot org>
+#
+
+NAME=daps
+VERSION=
+SPECFILE=${NAME}.spec
+SVNPATH=https://svn.opensuse.org/svn/opensuse-doc/trunk/tools/daps
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -q -d --tmpdir daps_XXXXXXXX)
+EXCLUDES=${TMPDIR}/${NAME}/packaging/exclude-files_for_daps_package.txt
+
+#----------
+# Functions
+#----------
+
+# exit on error
+#
+function exit_on_error {
+    echo -e "$1"
+    rm -rf $TMPDIR
+    exit 1
+}
+#-----
+# MAIN
+#-----
+#
+# This script needs to be called from the daps osc checkout directory, so
+# lets check whethter we are in the correct directory
+#
+if [[ ! -s daps.spec && ! -d .osc ]]; then
+    echo "Looks like you are not in the daps checkout directory."
+    read -p "Continue anyway (y/n) [n]: " CONT
+    if [[ n = $CONT || N = $CONT ]]; then
+        exit_on_error "Aborted by user."
+    fi
+fi
+
+#
+# Export daps from SVN 
+#
+svn export -q $SVNPATH ${TMPDIR}/${NAME} || exit_on_error "SVN export failed"
+
+#
+# Get the version number
+#
+VERSION=$(egrep "^Version:\s*" ${TMPDIR}/${NAME}/packaging/$SPECFILE | sed 's/^Version:\s*//')
+
+if [[ -z $VERSION ]]; then
+    exit_on_error "Couldn't get version number from spec-file."
+fi
+
+#
+# Create the tarball
+#
+export BZIP2=--best
+tar cjhf ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2 -C ${TMPDIR} \
+    --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES ${NAME} || exit_on_error "Failed to create the tarball."
+
+echo "Successfully created ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+
+#
+# Copy the spec file if necessary
+#
+diff -q $SPECFILE ${TMPDIR}/${NAME}/packaging/$SPECFILE >/dev/null
+if [[ 0 = $? ]]; then
+    echo "spec file is up-to-date"
+else
+    cp ${TMPDIR}/${NAME}/packaging/$SPECFILE . || exit_on_error "Failed to copy the specfile."
+    echo "Successfully updated the spec file."
+fi
+    
+rm -rf ${TMPDIR}
+
+exit 0