diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c6c9f3..0a87d83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ clean:
 install:
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/rpm/redhat
 	cp -pr * $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/rpm
+	cp -pr macros.* $(DESTDIR)/etc/rpm/
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/{Makefile,ChangeLog}
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros.*
 
 tag-archive:
 	@git tag -a $(CVSTAG) -m "$(NAME)-$(VERSION) release"
diff --git a/macros.ghc b/macros.ghc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745ef9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.ghc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# macro defining the archs that ghc runs on in fedora
+%ghc_arches %{ix86} x86_64 ppc ppc64 alpha sparcv9
diff --git a/macros.mono b/macros.mono
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d995b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.mono
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# arches that mono builds on
+%mono_arches %{ix86} x86_64 sparc sparcv9 ia64 %{arm} alpha s390x ppc ppc64
diff --git a/macros.ocaml b/macros.ocaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19d71fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.ocaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# arches that ocaml runs on 
+%ocaml_arches alpha %{arm} %{ix86} ia64 x86_64 ppc  sparc sparcv9 ppc64