diff --git a/.rpmmacros b/.rpmmacros
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1af8248c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rpmmacros
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%_topdir    %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9331f1a2f..1bc052b8b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(TOP)/bls/lib:$(TOP)/mcl/lib:/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
 export LIBRARY_PATH:=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
 export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
 export GO111MODULE:=on
+PKGNAME=harmony
+VERSION=2.3.4
+RPMBUILD=$(HOME)/rpmbuild
 
-.PHONY: all help libs exe race trace-pointer debug debug-kill test test-go test-api test-api-attach linux_static
+.PHONY: all help libs exe race trace-pointer debug debug-kill test test-go test-api test-api-attach linux_static rpm
 
 all: libs
 	bash ./scripts/go_executable_build.sh -S
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "test-api - run the Node API test"
 	@echo "test-api-attach - attach onto the Node API testing docker container for inspection"
 	@echo "linux_static - static build the harmony binary & bootnode along with the MCL & BLS libs (for linux)"
+	@echo "arm_static - static build the harmony binary & bootnode on ARM64 platform"
+	@echo "rpm - build a harmony RPM pacakge"
 
 libs:
 	make -C $(TOP)/mcl -j8
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf ./db-*
 	rm -rf ./latest
 	rm -f ./*.rlp
+	rm -rf ~/rpmbuild
 
 test:
 	bash ./test/all.sh
@@ -76,3 +82,25 @@ arm_static:
 	make -C $(TOP)/bls minimised_static BLS_SWAP_G=1 -j8
 	bash ./scripts/go_executable_build.sh -a arm64 -s
 	git checkout go.mod
+
+deb_package: rpm
+	fpm -s dir -t deb -n $(PKGNAME) -v $(VERSION)-$(COMMIT) --prefix /usr/local bin/harmony
+	fpm -s pleaserun -t deb -n $(PKGNAME)-service -v $(VERSION) /usr/local/bin/harmony
+
+rpm_init:
+	rm -rf $(RPMBUILD)
+	mkdir -p $(RPMBUILD)/{SOURCES,SPECS,BUILD,RPMS,BUILDROOT,SRPMS}
+	mkdir -p $(RPMBUILD)/SOURCES/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	cp -f bin/harmony $(RPMBUILD)/SOURCES/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	cp -f scripts/rpm/harmony.service $(RPMBUILD)/SOURCES/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	cp -f scripts/rpm/harmony-sysctl.conf $(RPMBUILD)/SOURCES/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)
+	cp -f scripts/rpm/harmony.spec $(RPMBUILD)/SPECS
+	(cd $(RPMBUILD)/SOURCES; tar cvf $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION).tar $(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION))
+
+rpm_build:
+	rpmbuild --target x86_64 -bb scripts/rpm/harmony.spec
+
+rpm: rpm_init rpm_build
+
+rpm_test: rpm
+	echo "sudo docker run -it -v $(RPMBUILD):/mnt/rpmbuild tqhh/rpmtest"
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/harmony-sysctl.conf b/scripts/rpm/harmony-sysctl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be5571ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rpm/harmony-sysctl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+fs.file-max=2097152
+vm.swappiness=10
+vm.dirty_ratio=60
+vm.dirty_background_ratio=2
+kernel.sched_migration_cost_ns=5000000
+net.ipv4.tcp_synack_retries=2
+net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=2000 65535
+net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=15
+net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=300
+net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=5
+net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=15
+net.core.rmem_default=31457280
+net.core.rmem_max=33554432
+net.core.wmem_default=31457280
+net.core.wmem_max=33554432
+net.core.somaxconn=8096
+net.core.netdev_max_backlog=65536
+net.core.optmem_max=25165824
+net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog=8192
+net.ipv4.tcp_mem=786432 1048576 26777216
+net.ipv4.udp_mem=65536 131072 262144
+net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=8192 87380 33554432
+net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min=16384
+net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=8192 65536 33554432
+net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min=16384
+net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets=1440000
+net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen=3
+net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=1
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/harmony.service b/scripts/rpm/harmony.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b5875eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rpm/harmony.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=harmony validator node service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=1
+User=harmony
+WorkingDirectory=/home/harmony
+ExecStart=harmony
+StandardError=syslog
+SyslogIdentifier=harmony
+StartLimitInterval=0
+LimitNOFILE=65536
+LimitNPROC=65536
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/harmony.spec b/scripts/rpm/harmony.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18591777e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rpm/harmony.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# SPEC file overview:
+# https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-rpm-packages/#con_rpm-spec-file-overview
+# Fedora packaging guidelines:
+# https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/
+
+
+Name:		harmony
+Version:	2.3.4
+Release:	0%{?dist}
+Summary:	harmony blockchain validator node program
+
+License:	MIT
+URL:		https://harmony.one
+Source0:	%{name}-%{version}.tar
+BuildArch: x86_64
+Packager: Leo Chen
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
+Requires: bash
+Requires: systemd-rpm-macros
+
+BuildRequires:	info
+Requires:	   info
+BuildRoot: ~/rpmbuild/
+
+%description
+Harmony is a sharded, fast finality, low fee, PoS public blockchain.
+This is the validator node program for harmony blockchain.
+
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+echo make %{?_smp_mflags}
+exit 0
+
+
+%check
+./harmony --version
+exit
+
+%pre
+getent group harmony >/dev/null || groupadd -r harmony
+getent passwd harmony >/dev/null || \
+   useradd -r -g harmony -d /home/harmony -m -s /sbin/nologin \
+   -c "Harmony validator node account" harmony
+exit 0
+
+
+%install
+install -m 0755 -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/local/sbin ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/systemd/system ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/sysctl.d
+install -m 0755 harmony ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/local/sbin/
+install -m 0644 harmony.service ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/systemd/system/
+install -m 0644 harmony-sysctl.conf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/sysctl.d/
+exit 0
+
+%post
+%systemd_post %{name}.service
+
+%preun
+%systemd_preun %{name}.service
+
+%postun
+%systemd_postun_with_restart ${name}.service
+
+%files
+/usr/local/sbin/harmony
+/etc/sysctl.d/harmony-sysctl.conf
+/etc/systemd/system/harmony.service
+
+%doc
+%license
+
+
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Aug 18 2020 Leo Chen <leo at harmony dot one> 2.3.4
+  - init version of the harmony node program