diff --git a/macros.ninja b/macros.ninja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca7b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.ninja
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+%__ninja %{_bindir}/ninja
+%__ninja_common_opts -v %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%ninja_build \
+    %{__ninja} %{__ninja_common_opts}
+
+%ninja_install \
+    DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %{__ninja} install %{__ninja_common_opts}
+
+%ninja_test \
+    %{__ninja} test %{__ninja_common_opts}
+
diff --git a/ninja.changes b/ninja.changes
index 88503f6..581d14f 100644
--- a/ninja.changes
+++ b/ninja.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec  6 14:07:36 UTC 2016 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Add macros.ninja as an external source file and install it to
+  the %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/; this installs macros for RPM
+  that are in turn used by the RPM macros for meson.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 13 11:08:00 UTC 2016 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ninja.spec b/ninja.spec
index 066c7a3..153b6cb 100644
--- a/ninja.spec
+++ b/ninja.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Url:            https://ninja-build.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        macros.ninja
 Patch1:         ninja-disable-maxprocs-test.patch
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0755 ninja %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ninja
 install -D -p -m 0644 misc/zsh-completion %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/_ninja
 install -D -p -m 0644 misc/ninja.vim %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/vim/site/syntax/ninja.vim
 install -D -p -m 0644 misc/bash-completion %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/ninja
+install -D -p -m 0644 %{S:1} %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.ninja
 
 %check
 ./ninja ninja_test
@@ -69,5 +71,6 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 misc/bash-completion %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_compl
 %{_datadir}/zsh
 %{_datadir}/vim
 %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.ninja
 
 %changelog