diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..7554e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/0.2.0.tar.gz
+/0.2.1.tar.gz
+/0.2.3.tar.gz
+/v0.3.0.tar.gz
+/0.3.4.tar.gz
+/v0.3.5.tar.gz
+/0.3.6.tar.gz
+/0.4.5.tar.gz
+/0.4.6.tar.gz
+/0.5.0.tar.gz
+/0.5.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
deleted file mode 100644
index 5204a84..0000000
--- a/dead.package
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Orphaned for 6+ weeks
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 0000000..cdbb19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fc335fbe597f2026b6d9255e8cf8f1bf  0.5.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch b/vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82d9e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/vertica_python/vertica/column.py b/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
+index cc0bb27..3266d74 100644
+--- a/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
++++ b/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
+@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ from collections import namedtuple
+ from decimal import Decimal
+ from datetime import date
+ from datetime import datetime
++from pkg_resources import require,VersionConflict
++try:
++    require("python_dateutil>=1.5")
++except VersionConflict:
++    pass
+ from dateutil import parser
+ from vertica_python import errors
diff --git a/vertica-python-0.5.0-crypt_windows.patch b/vertica-python-0.5.0-crypt_windows.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b2e096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertica-python-0.5.0-crypt_windows.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/vertica_python/vertica/messages/frontend_messages/crypt_windows.py b/vertica_python/vertica/messages/frontend_messages/crypt_windows.py
+index 3a8276d..faa558f 100755
+--- a/vertica_python/vertica/messages/frontend_messages/crypt_windows.py
++++ b/vertica_python/vertica/messages/frontend_messages/crypt_windows.py
+@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
+-
+ # Initial permutation
+ IP = (
+     58, 50, 42, 34, 26, 18, 10, 2,
+-- 
+2.4.3
diff --git a/vertica-python.spec b/vertica-python.spec
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index 0000000..e358c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertica-python.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+%{!?__python2: %global __python2 /usr/bin/python2}
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+
+Name:           vertica-python
+Version:        0.5.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        A native Python adapter for the Vertica database
+
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/uber/vertica-python
+Source0:        https://github.com/uber/vertica-python/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
+# EPEL 6 patch
+Patch0:         vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch
+Patch1:         vertica-python-0.5.0-crypt_windows.patch
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
+Requires:       python-dateutil15
+Requires:       python-setuptools
+%else
+Requires:       python-dateutil >= 1.5
+%endif
+
+Requires:       pytz
+Requires:       python-psycopg2
+
+
+%description
+vertica-python is a native Python adapter for the Vertica
+(http://www.vertica.com) database.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n vertica-python-%{version}
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
+
+%patch1 -p1
+
+
+%build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
+
+
+%install
+%{__python2} setup.py install --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+ 
+%files
+%doc README.md LICENSE
+%{python2_sitelib}/*.egg-info
+%dir %{python2_sitelib}/vertica_python
+%{python2_sitelib}/vertica_python/*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Sep 23 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.5.1-1
+- update to version 0.5.1
+
+* Fri Jul 03 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.5.0-1
+- update to version 0.5.0
+
+* Mon Jun 22 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.4.6-1
+- update to version 0.4.6
+
+* Tue Jun 16 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gamil.com> - 0.4.5-1
+- update to version 0.4.5
+
+* Wed Apr 15 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.6-1
+- update to version 0.3.6
+
+* Wed Apr 08 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.5-1
+- update to version 0.3.5
+
+* Wed Jan 21 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.4-1
+- update to version 0.3.4
+
+* Wed Oct 15 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gooddata.com> - 0.3.0-1
+- update to version 0.3.0
+
+* Fri Jun 13 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.3-1
+- update to new version
+
+* Thu Apr 24 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.1-1
+- new version update
+
+* Fri Mar 28 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-4
+- remove buildrood tag
+- edit dateutil patch for el6
+
+* Wed Mar 26 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-3
+- package is not ready for python3 
+
+* Wed Mar 26 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-2
+- python-setuptools is required only on rhel<=6
+
+* Mon Mar 24 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-1
+- Initial package