diff --git a/Makefile.packaging b/Makefile.packaging
index 0b1ba2e14ba77885090c5d23d2b10ba3ca001f45..1df2c47ef2b68a4afed32c44cc67ad19414a859e 100644
--- a/Makefile.packaging
+++ b/Makefile.packaging
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ package-all: package-debian_8 \
              package-ubuntu_15.10 \
              package-ubuntu_15.10_i386 \
              package-ubuntu_16.04 \
-             package-ubuntu_16.04_i386
+             package-ubuntu_16.04_i386 \
+             package-fedora_22 \
+             package-fedora_22_i386 \
+             package-fedora_23 \
+             package-fedora_23_i386 \
+             package-fedora_24 \
+             package-fedora_24_i386
 
 # Append the output of make-packaging-target to this Makefile
 # see Makefile.packaging.distro_targets
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58b16634cc4502c9efff2adb4a44ad7c5bdeb9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM fedora:22
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22_i386 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22_i386
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9f808319c705c31188cbb5cceb51e96c862f039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_22_i386
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM savoirfairelinux/ring-fedora32:22
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3dca2d2f003127ff7555c5dea8707232415f19c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM fedora:23
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23_i386 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23_i386
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..279e279fe0cd6685c1031289bb6b615b07b0620b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_23_i386
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM savoirfairelinux/ring-fedora32:23
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b96a6d1044f0447b27e3136cd61767fd33df7a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM fedora:24
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24_i386 b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24_i386
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6a8d02ee3ca802bf7368b13e95992ef2c26c4f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_fedora_24_i386
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+FROM savoirfairelinux/ring-fedora32:24
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf install -y yum-utils rpmdevtools
+
+RUN dnf clean all
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        rpm-build \
+        tar \
+        make \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        cmake \
+        speexdsp-devel \
+        pulseaudio-libs-devel \
+        libsamplerate-devel \
+        libtool \
+        dbus-devel \
+        expat-devel \
+        pcre-devel \
+        yaml-cpp-devel \
+        boost-devel \
+        dbus-c++-devel \
+        dbus-devel \
+        libsndfile-devel \
+        libXext-devel \
+        libXfixes-devel \
+        yasm \
+        speex-devel \
+        gsm-devel \
+        chrpath \
+        check \
+        astyle \
+        uuid-c++-devel \
+        libupnp-devel \
+        gettext-devel \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        which \
+        alsa-lib-devel \
+        systemd-devel \
+        libuuid-devel \
+        uuid-devel \
+        gnutls-devel \
+        nettle-devel \
+        opus-devel \
+        patch \
+        jsoncpp-devel \
+        libnatpmp-devel
+
+ADD scripts/build-package-fedora.sh /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
+
+CMD /opt/build-package-fedora.sh
diff --git a/packaging/rules/fedora/ring.spec b/packaging/rules/fedora/ring.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d57abc5aa43afc8d16857c91560cffddd9393bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/rules/fedora/ring.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+%define name        ring
+%define version     RELEASE_VERSION
+%define release     0
+
+Name:          %{name}
+Version:       %{version}
+Release:       %{release}%{?dist}
+Summary:       Free software for distributed and secured communication.
+Group:         Applications/Internet
+License:       GPLv3
+URL:           https://ring.cx/
+Source:        ring_%{version}.tar.gz
+Requires:      ring-daemon = %{version}
+Obsoletes:     ring-gnome
+
+BuildRequires: make
+BuildRequires: autoconf
+BuildRequires: automake
+BuildRequires: cmake
+BuildRequires: pulseaudio-libs-devel
+BuildRequires: libsamplerate-devel
+BuildRequires: libtool
+BuildRequires: dbus-devel
+BuildRequires: expat-devel
+BuildRequires: pcre-devel
+BuildRequires: yaml-cpp-devel
+BuildRequires: boost-devel
+BuildRequires: dbus-c++-devel
+BuildRequires: dbus-devel
+BuildRequires: libsndfile-devel
+BuildRequires: libXext-devel
+BuildRequires: yasm
+BuildRequires: speex-devel
+BuildRequires: chrpath
+BuildRequires: check
+BuildRequires: astyle
+BuildRequires: uuid-c++-devel
+BuildRequires: gettext-devel
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
+BuildRequires: which
+BuildRequires: alsa-lib-devel
+BuildRequires: systemd-devel
+BuildRequires: libuuid-devel
+BuildRequires: libXfixes-devel
+BuildRequires: uuid-devel
+BuildRequires: gnutls-devel
+BuildRequires: nettle-devel
+BuildRequires: opus-devel
+BuildRequires: jsoncpp-devel
+BuildRequires: libnatpmp-devel
+BuildRequires: gsm-devel
+BuildRequires: libupnp-devel
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++
+BuildRequires: qt5-qtbase-devel
+BuildRequires: gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
+BuildRequires: clutter-gtk-devel
+BuildRequires: clutter-devel
+BuildRequires: glib2-devel
+BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
+BuildRequires: evolution-data-server-devel
+BuildRequires: libnotify-devel
+BuildRequires: qt5-qttools-devel
+BuildRequires: qrencode-devel
+BuildRequires: libappindicator-gtk3-devel
+BuildRequires: NetworkManager-glib-devel
+
+%description
+Ring is free software for universal communication which respects freedoms
+and privacy of its users.
+.
+This package contains the desktop client: gnome-ring.
+
+%package daemon
+Summary: Free software for distributed and secured communication - daemon
+
+%description daemon
+Ring is free software for universal communication which respects freedoms
+and privacy of its users.
+.
+This package contains the Ring daemon: dring.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n ring-project
+
+%build
+###########################
+## Ring Daemon configure ##
+###########################
+mkdir -p daemon/contrib/native
+cd %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon/contrib/native && \
+    ../bootstrap \
+        --no-checksums \
+        --disable-ogg \
+        --disable-flac \
+        --disable-vorbis \
+        --disable-vorbisenc \
+        --disable-speex \
+        --disable-sndfile \
+        --disable-gsm \
+        --disable-speexdsp && \
+    make list && \
+    make fetch && \
+    make -j1 V=1
+
+cd %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon && \
+    ./autogen.sh && \
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix=%{_prefix} \
+        --libdir=%{_libdir}
+
+#############################
+## libringclient configure ##
+#############################
+cd %{_builddir}/ring-project/lrc && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake \
+        -DRING_BUILD_DIR=%{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon/src \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
+        ..
+
+############################
+## gnome client configure ##
+############################
+cd %{_builddir}/ring-project/client-gnome && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
+        -DLibRingClient_PROJECT_DIR=%{_builddir}/ring-project/lrc \
+        ..
+
+#######################
+## Ring Daemon build ##
+#######################
+make -C %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon -j4 V=1
+pod2man %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon/man/dring.pod > %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon/dring.1
+
+#########################
+## libringclient build ##
+#########################
+make -C %{_builddir}/ring-project/lrc/build -j4 V=1
+
+########################
+## gnome client build ##
+########################
+make -C %{_builddir}/ring-project/client-gnome/build LDFLAGS="-lpthread" -j4 V=1
+
+
+%install
+#########################
+## Ring Daemon install ##
+#########################
+DESTDIR=%{buildroot} make -C daemon install
+cp %{_builddir}/ring-project/daemon/dring.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/dring.1
+rm -rfv %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/include
+rm -rfv %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.a
+rm -rfv %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+###########################
+## libringclient install ##
+###########################
+DESTDIR=%{buildroot} make -C lrc/build install
+rm -rfv %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/include
+
+# This is a symlink, should be in -dev package
+rm -v %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libringclient.so
+
+# cmake files
+rm -rfv %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/cmake
+
+##########################
+## gnome client install ##
+##########################
+DESTDIR=%{buildroot} make -C client-gnome/build install
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_bindir}/ring.cx
+%{_bindir}/gnome-ring
+%{_libdir}/libringclient*.so*
+%{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/cx.ring.RingGnome.gschema.xml
+%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-ring.desktop
+%{_datadir}/gnome-ring/gnome-ring.desktop
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ring.svg
+%{_datadir}/appdata/gnome-ring.appdata.xml
+%{_datadir}/libringclient/*
+%{_datadir}/locale/*
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/dring*
+
+%files daemon
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_libdir}/ring/dring
+%{_datadir}/ring/ringtones
+%{_datadir}/dbus-1/services/*
+%{_datadir}/dbus-1/interfaces/*
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/scripts/build-package-fedora.sh b/scripts/build-package-fedora.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f1889a456c0a9ba77983dd683c73d7c89635820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-package-fedora.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
+#
+# Author: Alexandre Viau <alexandre.viau@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# This script is used in the packaging containers to build packages on
+# rpm-based distros.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+# import the spec file
+mkdir -p /opt/ring-project
+cd /opt/ring-project
+cp /opt/ring-project-ro/packaging/rules/fedora/ring.spec .
+
+# Set the version
+sed -i "s/RELEASE_VERSION/${RELEASE_VERSION}/g" ring.spec
+rpmdev-bumpspec --comment="Automatic nightly release" --userstring="Jenkins <ring@lists.savoirfairelinux.net>" ring.spec
+
+# install build deps
+yum-builddep -y ring.spec || echo "ignoring yum-builddep failure"
+
+# place the source
+mkdir -p /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+cp /opt/ring-project-ro/ring_*.tar.gz /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+
+# build the package
+rpmbuild -ba ring.spec
+
+# move to output
+mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/* /opt/output
+touch /opt/output/.packages-built
+chown -R ${CURRENT_UID}:${CURRENT_UID} /opt/output
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-packages-fedora.sh b/scripts/deploy-packages-fedora.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d62a4b146aacc82298ac2146bfe29b7414a7c4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-packages-fedora.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
+#
+# Author: Alexandre Viau <alexandre.viau@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+#
+# This script sings and deploys pacakges from packages/distro.
+# It should be ran from the project root directory.
+#
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
+set -e
+
+for i in "$@"
+do
+case $i in
+    --distribution=*)
+    DISTRIBUTION="${i#*=}"
+    shift
+    ;;
+    --keyid=*)
+    KEYID="${i#*=}"
+    shift
+    ;;
+    --remote-repository-location=*)
+    REMOTE_REPOSITORY_LOCATION="${i#*=}"
+    shift
+    ;;
+    --remote-manual-download-location=*)
+    REMOTE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION="${i#*=}"
+    shift
+    ;;
+    *)
+    echo "Unrecognized option ${i}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+done
+
+##################################################
+## Create local repository for the given distro ##
+##################################################
+echo "#########################"
+echo "## Creating repository ##"
+echo "#########################"
+
+DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER=$(realpath repositories)/${DISTRIBUTION}
+rm -rf ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER}
+mkdir -p ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER}
+
+# .repo file
+cat << EOF > ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER}/ring-nightly-man.repo
+[ring]
+name=Ring \$releasever - \$basearch - ring
+baseurl=https://dl.ring.cx/ring-nightly/fedora_\$releasever
+gpgcheck=1
+gpgkey=https://dl.ring.cx/ring.pub.key
+enabled=1
+EOF
+
+####################################
+## Add packages to the repository ##
+####################################
+
+# Sign the rpms
+echo "##################"
+echo "## signing rpms ##"
+echo "##################"
+
+# RPM macros
+if [ ! -f ~/.rpmmacros ];
+then
+    echo "%_signature gpg" > ~/.rpmmacros
+    echo "%_gpg_name ${KEYID}" >> ~/.rpmmacros
+fi
+
+for package in packages/${DISTRIBUTION}*/*.rpm; do
+    rpmsign --resign --key-id=${KEYID} ${package}
+    cp ${package} ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER}
+done
+
+# Create the repo
+createrepo --update ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER}
+
+#######################################
+## create the manual download folder ##
+#######################################
+DISTRIBUTION_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=$(realpath manual-download)/${DISTRIBUTION}
+mkdir -p ${DISTRIBUTION_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}
+for package in packages/${DISTRIBUTION}*/*.rpm; do
+    cp ${package} ${DISTRIBUTION_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}
+    package_name=$(rpm -qp --queryformat '%{NAME}' ${package})
+    package_arch=$(rpm -qp --queryformat '%{ARCH}' ${package})
+    cp ${package} ${DISTRIBUTION_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}/${package_name}_${package_arch}.rpm
+done
+
+############
+## deploy ##
+############
+
+# Deploy the repository
+echo "##########################"
+echo "## deploying repository ##"
+echo "##########################"
+rsync --archive --recursive --verbose --delete ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER} ${REMOTE_REPOSITORY_LOCATION}
+
+# deploy the manual download files
+echo "#####################################"
+echo "## deploying manual download files ##"
+echo "#####################################"
+rsync --archive --recursive --verbose --delete ${DISTRIBUTION_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER} ${REMOTE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
+
+# remove deployed files
+rm -rf manual-download
+rm -rf repositories
diff --git a/scripts/make-packaging-target.py b/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
index dfa9ca55354a0904bf64914c4bf45e0ab79fd6d1..430e326a35d411a9ef1734cde7092daf82f0a1c0 100755
--- a/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
+++ b/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ $(PACKAGE_%(distribution)s_DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE): docker/Dockerfile_%(distribution)
 packages/%(distribution)s:
 	mkdir -p packages/%(distribution)s
 
-packages/%(distribution)s/$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME): $(RELEASE_TARBALL_FILENAME) packages/%(distribution)s $(PACKAGE_%(distribution)s_DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE)
+packages/%(distribution)s/%(output_file)s: $(RELEASE_TARBALL_FILENAME) packages/%(distribution)s $(PACKAGE_%(distribution)s_DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE)
 	$(PACKAGE_%(distribution)s_DOCKER_RUN_COMMAND)
 	touch packages/%(distribution)s/*
 
 .PHONY: package-%(distribution)s
-package-%(distribution)s: packages/%(distribution)s/$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)
+package-%(distribution)s: packages/%(distribution)s/%(output_file)s
 
 .PHONY: package-%(distribution)s-interactive
 package-%(distribution)s-interactive: $(RELEASE_TARBALL_FILENAME) packages/%(distribution)s $(PACKAGE_%(distribution)s_DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE)
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ package-%(distribution)s-interactive: $(RELEASE_TARBALL_FILENAME) packages/%(dis
 """
 
 
-def generate_target(distribution, debian_packaging_override):
+def generate_target(distribution, debian_packaging_override, output_file):
     return target_template % {
         "distribution": distribution,
         "debian_packaging_override": debian_packaging_override,
+        "output_file": output_file,
     }
 
 
@@ -91,43 +92,84 @@ def run_generate_all(parsed_args):
         {
             "distribution": "debian_8",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "debian_8_i386",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "debian_9",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "debian_9_i386",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         # Ubuntu
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_14.04",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_14.04_i386",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_15.10",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_15.10_i386",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_16.04",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
         },
         {
             "distribution": "ubuntu_16.04_i386",
             "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": "$(DEBIAN_DSC_FILENAME)",
+        },
+        # Fedora
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_22",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
+        },
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_22_i386",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
+        },
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_23",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
+        },
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_23_i386",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
+        },
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_24",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
+        },
+        {
+            "distribution": "fedora_24_i386",
+            "debian_packaging_override": "",
+            "output_file": ".packages-built",
         },
 
     ]
@@ -155,6 +197,7 @@ def parse_args():
     ap.add_argument('--distribution')
     ap.add_argument('--architecture')
     ap.add_argument('--debian_packaging_override', default='')
+    ap.add_argument('--output_file')
 
     parsed_args = ap.parse_args()