diff --git a/packaging/build_rpm.sh b/packaging/build_rpm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6f7a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/build_rpm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-release-binary> [out-dir]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+BINARY_PATH="$1"
+OUT_DIR="${2:-target/rpm}"
+
+mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+
+if [ ! -f "$BINARY_PATH" ]; then
+  echo "Binary not found: $BINARY_PATH"
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+# Try to extract version from Cargo.toml
+VERSION="0.0.0"
+if [ -f Cargo.toml ]; then
+  VERSION_LINE=$(grep -E '^version\s*=\s*"' Cargo.toml | head -n1 || true)
+  if [ -n "$VERSION_LINE" ]; then
+    VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION_LINE" | cut -d'"' -f2)
+  fi
+fi
+
+BASENAME=$(basename "$BINARY_PATH")
+
+# Ensure binary is executable
+chmod +x "$BINARY_PATH" || true
+
+fpm -s dir -t rpm -n trushell -v "$VERSION" --prefix /usr/local/bin "$BINARY_PATH" -p "$OUT_DIR/trushell_${VERSION}_x86_64.rpm"
+
+echo "RPM created in $OUT_DIR"