diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/libcxxabi-3.9.0.src.tar.xz
diff --git a/libcxxabi.spec b/libcxxabi.spec
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+Name:		libcxxabi
+Version:	3.9.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
+Summary:	Low level support for a standard C++ library
+License:	MIT or NCSA
+URL:		http://libcxxabi.llvm.org/
+Source0:	http://llvm.org/releases/%{version}/libcxxabi-%{version}.src.tar.xz
+BuildRequires:	clang llvm-devel cmake
+BuildRequires:	libcxx-devel >= %{version}
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+# libcxx-devel has this, so we need to as well.
+ExcludeArch:	ppc64 ppc64le
+%endif
+
+%description
+libcxxabi provides low level support for a standard C++ library.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:	Headers and libraries for libcxxabi devel
+Requires:	%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+%{summary}.
+
+%package static
+Summary:	Static libraries for libcxxabi
+
+%description static
+%{summary}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}.src
+
+sed -i 's|${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}/share/llvm/cmake|%{_libdir}/cmake/llvm|g' CMakeLists.txt
+
+%build
+mkdir _build
+cd _build
+%ifarch s390 s390x
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 26
+# clang requires z10 at minimum
+# workaround until we change the defaults for Fedora
+%global optflags %(echo %{optflags} | sed 's/-march=z9-109 /-march=z10 /')
+%endif
+%endif
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--build-id"
+%cmake .. \
+	-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++ \
+	-DLLVM_CONFIG=%{_bindir}/llvm-config \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11" \
+	-DLIBCXXABI_LIBCXX_INCLUDES=%{_includedir}/c++/v1/ \
+%if %{__isa_bits} == 64
+	-DLIBCXXABI_LIBDIR_SUFFIX:STRING=64 \
+%endif
+	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+
+
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+cd _build
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_includedir}
+cd ..
+cp -a include/* %{buildroot}%{_includedir}
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE.TXT
+%doc CREDITS.TXT
+%{_libdir}/libc++abi.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/*.h
+%{_libdir}/libc++abi.so
+
+%files static
+%{_libdir}/libc++abi.a
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Feb 20 2017 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.9.0-1
+- update to 3.9.0
+- apply fixes from libcxx
+
+* Wed Sep  7 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.8.1-1
+- update to 3.8.1
+
+* Mon Jul 25 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.8.0-2
+- make static subpackage
+
+* Tue May 3 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.8.0-1
+- initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..396523b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (libcxxabi-3.9.0.src.tar.xz) = 500207bfd59664bd42d920741d6b467c4b88569453742db6470af081c77be04894e097a14b8419e333b51abce484566366e35cbc3ed2607cd86dfc0ec0ddd0c5