diff --git a/anvil/components/base_install.py b/anvil/components/base_install.py
index b709bb9d..6d0f5806 100644
--- a/anvil/components/base_install.py
+++ b/anvil/components/base_install.py
@@ -63,18 +63,24 @@ class PkgInstallComponent(base.Component):
             fetcher.download()
             return uris
 
-    def patch(self, section):
+    def list_patches(self, section):
         what_patches = self.get_option('patches', section)
-        (_from_uri, target_dir) = self._get_download_location()
         if not what_patches:
             what_patches = []
         canon_what_patches = []
         for path in what_patches:
             if sh.isdir(path):
-                canon_what_patches.extend(sorted(sh.listdir(path, files_only=True)))
+                patches = sorted(fn for fn in sh.listdir(path, files_only=True)
+                                 if fn.endswith('patch'))
+                canon_what_patches.extend(patches)
             elif sh.isfile(path):
                 canon_what_patches.append(path)
+        return canon_what_patches
+
+    def patch(self, section):
+        canon_what_patches = self.list_patches(section)
         if canon_what_patches:
+            (_from_uri, target_dir) = self._get_download_location()
             patcher.apply_patches(canon_what_patches, target_dir)
 
     def config_params(self, config_fn):
diff --git a/anvil/packaging/yum.py b/anvil/packaging/yum.py
index 915a7817..8740d1ab 100644
--- a/anvil/packaging/yum.py
+++ b/anvil/packaging/yum.py
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ class YumDependencyHandler(base.DependencyHandler):
                                        quiet=True)
                 p_bar.update(i + 1)
 
-    def _write_spec_file(self, instance, app_dir, rpm_name, template_name,
-                         params):
+    def _write_spec_file(self, instance, rpm_name, template_name, params):
         requires_what = []
         try:
             requires_what.extend(instance.egg_info['dependencies'])
@@ -337,13 +336,19 @@ class YumDependencyHandler(base.DependencyHandler):
             for filename in sh.listdir(other_sources_dir, files_only=True):
                 sh.copy(filename, self.rpm_sources_dir)
 
-    def _build_from_spec(self, instance, spec_filename):
-        app_dir = instance.get_option('app_dir')
-        if sh.isfile(sh.joinpths(app_dir, "setup.py")):
-            self._write_python_tarball(app_dir)
+    def _copy_patches(self, patches):
+        for filename in patches:
+            sh.copy(filename, self.rpm_sources_dir)
+
+    def _build_from_spec(self, instance, spec_filename, patches=None):
+        pkg_dir = instance.get_option('app_dir')
+        if sh.isfile(sh.joinpths(pkg_dir, "setup.py")):
+            self._write_python_tarball(pkg_dir)
         else:
-            self._write_git_tarball(app_dir, spec_filename)
+            self._write_git_tarball(pkg_dir, spec_filename)
         self._copy_sources(instance)
+        if patches:
+            self._copy_patches(patches)
         self._copy_startup_scripts(spec_filename)
         cmdline = [
             self.rpmbuild_executable,
@@ -415,6 +420,8 @@ class YumDependencyHandler(base.DependencyHandler):
 
     def _build_openstack_package(self, instance):
         params = self._package_parameters(instance)
+        patches = instance.list_patches("package")
+        params['patches'] = [sh.basename(fn) for fn in patches]
         (rpm_name, template_name) = self._get_template_and_rpm_name(instance)
         try:
             egg_name = instance.egg_info['name']
@@ -429,17 +436,21 @@ class YumDependencyHandler(base.DependencyHandler):
                 params["apiname"] = self.API_NAMES.get(client_name,
                                                        client_name.title())
         except AttributeError:
-            spec_filename = sh.joinpths(settings.TEMPLATE_DIR,
-                                        self.SPEC_TEMPLATE_DIR, template_name)
-            if not sh.isfile(spec_filename):
+            spec_filename = None
+            if template_name:
+                spec_filename = sh.joinpths(settings.TEMPLATE_DIR,
+                                            self.SPEC_TEMPLATE_DIR,
+                                            template_name)
+            if not spec_filename or not sh.isfile(spec_filename):
                 rpm_name = None
-        app_dir = instance.get_option('app_dir')
         if rpm_name:
-            template_name = template_name or "%s.spec" % rpm_name
-            spec_filename = self._write_spec_file(instance, app_dir, rpm_name,
+            if not template_name:
+                template_name = "%s.spec" % rpm_name
+            spec_filename = self._write_spec_file(instance, rpm_name,
                                                   template_name, params)
-            self._build_from_spec(instance, spec_filename)
+            self._build_from_spec(instance, spec_filename, patches)
         else:
+            app_dir = instance.get_option('app_dir')
             cmdline = self.py2rpm_start_cmdline() + ["--", app_dir]
             sh.execute_save_output(cmdline,
                                    cwd=app_dir,
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/novnc.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/novnc.spec
index f619a8e3..d1e5c8ac 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/novnc.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/novnc.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Epoch:          $epoch
 Version:        %{os_version}$version_suffix
 Release:        $release%{?dist}
 
-#raw
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC
 Source0:        novnc-%{os_version}.tar.gz
@@ -15,6 +14,11 @@ Source1:        openstack-nova-novncproxy.init
 Source2:        nova-novncproxy.1
 Source3:        novnc_server.1
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
+#raw
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 
@@ -39,6 +43,11 @@ OpenStack Nova noVNC server that proxies VNC traffic over Websockets.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{os_version}
+#end raw
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 # call the websockify executable
 sed -i 's/wsproxy\.py/websockify/' utils/launch.sh
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-cinder.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-cinder.spec
index 3cb0c276..57eee97e 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-cinder.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-cinder.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Source11:         openstack-cinder-scheduler.init
 Source12:         openstack-cinder-volume.init
 Source13:         openstack-cinder-all.init
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
 
 BuildArch:        noarch
 BuildRequires:    python-setuptools
@@ -94,9 +97,12 @@ access block storage volumes for use by Virtual Machine instances.
 This package contains documentation files for cinder.
 %endif
 
-#raw
 %prep
 %setup -q -n cinder-%{os_version}
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 # Ensure we don't access the net when building docs
 sed -i "/'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',/d" doc/source/conf.py
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-glance.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-glance.spec
index a2d6cddf..4b6cfe5d 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-glance.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-glance.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Source2:          openstack-glance-registry.init
 Source3:          openstack-glance-scrubber.init
 Source4:          openstack-glance.logrotate
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildArch:        noarch
@@ -88,6 +92,12 @@ This package contains documentation files for glance.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{python_name}-%{os_version}
+#end raw
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+
+#raw
 sed '/pysendfile/d' tools/pip-requires
 
 
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-keystone.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-keystone.spec
index 5b4db6a6..cae48e9d 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-keystone.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-keystone.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Group:          Applications/System
 Source0:        %{python_name}-%{os_version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        openstack-keystone-all.init
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildArch:        noarch
@@ -73,10 +77,12 @@ Keystone is a Python implementation of the OpenStack
 
 This package contains the Keystone Python library.
 
-#raw
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{python_name}-%{os_version}
-
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-nova.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-nova.spec
index 62e8fc0f..9424f6c4 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-nova.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-nova.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Source51:         nova.logrotate
 Source52:         nova-polkit.pkla
 Source53:         nova-sudoers
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildArch:        noarch
@@ -324,9 +328,12 @@ protocol, and the Redis KVS.
 This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 %endif
 
-#raw
 %prep
 %setup0 -q -n %{python_name}-%{os_version}
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-quantum.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-quantum.spec
index 9a4d94a6..eb32897f 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-quantum.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/openstack-quantum.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Source17:	quantum-ovs-cleanup.init
 Source18:	quantum-hyperv-agent.init
 Source19:	quantum-rpc-zmq-receiver.init
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
 BuildRequires:	python-devel
@@ -275,9 +279,12 @@ networks.
 This package contains the quantum plugin that implements virtual
 networks using multiple other quantum plugins.
 
-#raw
 %prep
 %setup -q -n quantum-%{os_version}
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 find quantum -name \*.py -exec sed -i '/\/usr\/bin\/env python/d' {} \;
 
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-commonclient.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-commonclient.spec
index bf6db67b..92b6e3e1 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-commonclient.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-commonclient.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Vendor:           OpenStack Foundation
 URL:              http://www.openstack.org
 Source0:          %{name}-%{os_version}.tar.gz
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildArch:        noarch
@@ -44,7 +48,6 @@ Requires:        ${i}
 This is a client for the OpenStack $apiname API. There is a Python API (the
 ${clientname}client module), and a command-line script (${clientname}).
 
-#raw
 %if 0%{?enable_doc}
 %package doc
 Summary:        Documentation for %{name}
@@ -59,6 +62,10 @@ Documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 if [ ! -f HACKING* ]; then
     touch HACKING
 fi
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-django-horizon.spec b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-django-horizon.spec
index c007b3d5..35ac15a5 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-django-horizon.spec
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/specs/python-django-horizon.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Source0:    horizon-%{os_version}.tar.gz
 Source1:    openstack-dashboard.conf
 Source2:    openstack-dashboard-httpd-2.4.conf
 
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+Patch$idx: $fn
+#end for
+
 # additional provides to be consistent with other django packages
 Provides:   django-horizon = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -77,9 +81,12 @@ BuildRequires: python-swiftclient
 Documentation for the Django Horizon application for talking with Openstack
 %endif
 
-#raw
 %prep
 %setup -q -n horizon-%{os_version}
+#for $idx, $fn in enumerate($patches)
+%patch$idx -p1
+#end for
+#raw
 
 # Don't access the net while building docs
 sed -i '/sphinx.ext.intersphinx/d' doc/source/conf.py