diff --git a/contrib/packages/rpm/el5/fetch_sources.sh b/contrib/packages/rpm/el5/fetch_sources.sh
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index 0000000..6f6d7b0
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+++ b/contrib/packages/rpm/el5/fetch_sources.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SPEC=$1
+
+SOURCES=`grep -i "^SOURCE\d\+\s*:\s*\([fht]\+tp://.*\)" ${SPEC} | sed -e 's/^.*:[[:space:]]//'`  
+for URL in ${SOURCES} ; do
+  curl -OL ${URL}
+done
+
diff --git a/contrib/packages/rpm/el6/fetch_sources.sh b/contrib/packages/rpm/el6/fetch_sources.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f6d7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/packages/rpm/el6/fetch_sources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SPEC=$1
+
+SOURCES=`grep -i "^SOURCE\d\+\s*:\s*\([fht]\+tp://.*\)" ${SPEC} | sed -e 's/^.*:[[:space:]]//'`  
+for URL in ${SOURCES} ; do
+  curl -OL ${URL}
+done
+