diff --git a/.distro/libmamba-fedora.patch b/.distro/libmamba-fedora.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..923ee3d70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.distro/libmamba-fedora.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+diff --git a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
+index 5fe133c..5aebce1 100644
+--- a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
+             find_library(LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES lzma REQUIRED)
+             find_library(LZ4_LIBRARY NAMES lz4)
+             find_library(LZO2_LIBRARY NAMES lzo2)
+-            find_package(zstd CONFIG REQUIRED)
++            find_library(ZSTD_LIBRARY NAMES zstd REQUIRED)
+             find_library(BZIP2_LIBRARIES NAMES bz2)
+             find_library(CRYPTO_LIBRARIES NAMES libcrypto)
+ 
+@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
+                     ${LIBXML2_LIBRARY}
+                     ${ICONV_LIBRARY}
+                     ${CHARSET_LIBRARY}
+-                    zstd::libzstd_static
++                    ${ZSTD_LIBRARY}
+                     ${LZ4_LIBRARY}
+                     ${LZO2_LIBRARY}
+                     ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}
+@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
+ 
+         find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+         find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)
+-        find_package(zstd REQUIRED)
++        find_library(ZSTD_LIBRARIES NAMES zstd)
+         find_package(BZip2 REQUIRED)
+         find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+ 
+@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
+                 reproc
+                 reproc++
+                 simdjson::simdjson
+-                zstd::libzstd_shared
++                ${ZSTD_LIBRARIES}
+                 solv::libsolv
+                 solv::libsolvext
+                 solv::cpp
+diff --git a/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt b/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
+index a75d436d..5d21e7b5 100644
+--- a/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED AND UNIX)
+ 
+     install(
+         FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/etc/profile.d/mamba.sh
+-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc/profile.d/
++        DESTINATION /etc/profile.d/
+     )
+ endif()
+ 
+
diff --git a/.distro/libmamba.spec b/.distro/libmamba.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9213ca9125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.distro/libmamba.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+# TODO: Sync with downstream version when ready
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libmamba/pull-request/2
+
+# Cannot build statically yet
+%bcond micromamba 0
+
+Name:           libmamba
+Version:        0.0.0
+Release:        %autorelease
+Summary:        C++ API for mamba depsolving library
+
+License:        BSD-3-Clause
+URL:            https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba
+Source0:        https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Use Fedora versions of zstd
+# Install into /etc/profile.d
+Patch0:         libmamba-fedora.patch
+
+BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  bzip2-devel
+BuildRequires:  fmt-devel
+BuildRequires:  gtest-devel
+BuildRequires:  json-devel
+BuildRequires:  libarchive-devel
+BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
+# Need CONDA_ADD_USE_ONLY_TAR_BZ2
+BuildRequires:  libsolv-devel
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  reproc-devel
+BuildRequires:  cmake(simdjson)
+BuildRequires:  spdlog-devel
+BuildRequires:  cmake(tl-expected)
+BuildRequires:  yaml-cpp-devel
+# This is not yet provided by Fedora package
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/zstd/pull-request/7
+#BuildRequires:  cmake(zstd)
+BuildRequires:  libzstd-devel
+
+%description
+libmamba is a reimplementation of the conda package manager in C++.
+
+* parallel downloading of repository data and package files using multi-
+  threading
+* libsolv for much faster dependency solving, a state of the art library used
+  in the RPM package manager of Red Hat, Fedora and OpenSUSE
+* core parts of mamba are implemented in C++ for maximum efficiency
+
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+License:        MIT
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       cmake-filesystem
+Requires:       pkgconfig
+Requires:       fmt-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires:       json-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires:       libsolv-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires:       reproc-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires:       spdlog-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires:       cmake(tl-expected)
+Requires:       yaml-cpp-devel%{?_isa}
+
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+
+%package -n     mamba
+Summary:        The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager
+BuildRequires:  cli11-devel
+BuildRequires:  pybind11-devel
+# Generate a simple man page until https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba/issues/3032 is addressed
+BuildRequires:  help2man
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%if %{without micromamba}
+Obsoletes:      micromamba < %{version}-%{release}
+Provides:       micromamba = %{version}-%{release}
+%endif
+
+%description -n mamba
+mamba is a reimplementation of the conda package manager in C++.
+
+ * parallel downloading of repository data and package files using multi-
+   threading
+ * libsolv for much faster dependency solving, a state of the art library
+   used in the RPM package manager of Red Hat, Fedora and OpenSUSE
+ * core parts of mamba are implemented in C++ for maximum efficiency
+
+At the same time, mamba utilizes the same command line parser, package
+installation and deinstallation code and transaction verification routines as
+conda to stay as compatible as possible.
+
+mamba is part of the conda-forge ecosystem, which also consists of quetz, an
+open source conda package server.
+
+
+%if %{with micromamba}
+%package -n     micromamba
+Summary:        Tiny version of the mamba package manager
+BuildRequires:  cli11-devel
+BuildRequires:  pybind11-devel
+BuildRequires:  yaml-cpp-static
+# Generate a simple man page until https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba/issues/3032 is addressed
+BuildRequires:  help2man
+
+%description -n micromamba
+micromamba is the statically linked version of mamba.
+
+It can be installed as a standalone executable without any dependencies,
+making it a perfect fit for CI/CD pipelines and containerized environments.
+%endif
+
+
+%package -n     python3-libmambapy
+Summary:        Python bindings for libmamba
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-pip
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python3-wheel
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n python3-libmambapy
+Python bindings for libmamba.
+
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -p1 -n mamba-%{version}
+sed -i -e '/cmake/d' -e '/ninja/d' libmambapy/pyproject.toml
+
+
+%generate_buildrequires
+cd libmambapy
+%pyproject_buildrequires
+
+
+%build
+%if %{with micromamba}
+%global _vpath_builddir %{_vendor}-%{_target_os}-build-micromamba
+export CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=%{_libdir}/cmake/yaml-cpp-static
+%cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+  -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=%{_libdir}/cmake/yaml-cpp-static \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBAPY=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_MAMBA=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_MICROMAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_EXE=ON \
+  -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_STATIC=ON
+%cmake_build
+help2man %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/micromamba > %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/micromamba.1
+%endif
+%global _vpath_builddir %{_vendor}-%{_target_os}-build
+%cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBAPY=ON \
+  -DBUILD_MAMBA=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_MICROMAMBA=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_EXE=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_SHARED=ON \
+  -DBUILD_STATIC=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_TESTS=ON \
+  -DMAMBA_WARNING_AS_ERROR=OFF
+%cmake_build
+cmake --install %{__cmake_builddir} --prefix install
+cd libmambapy
+export SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="\
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBAPY=ON \
+  -DBUILD_MICROMAMBA=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_MAMBA_PACKAGE=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_EXE=ON \
+  -DBUILD_SHARED=ON \
+  -DBUILD_STATIC=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_TESTS=ON \
+  -Dlibmamba_ROOT=$PWD/../install \
+  -DMAMBA_WARNING_AS_ERROR=OFF"
+%pyproject_wheel
+cd -
+%cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_LIBMAMBAPY=ON \
+  -DBUILD_MAMBA=ON \
+  -DBUILD_MICROMAMBA=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_EXE=ON \
+  -DBUILD_SHARED=ON \
+  -DBUILD_STATIC=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_TESTS=ON \
+  -DMAMBA_WARNING_AS_ERROR=OFF
+%cmake_build
+help2man %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/mamba > %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/mamba.1
+
+
+%install
+%global _vpath_builddir %{_vendor}-%{_target_os}-build
+%cmake_install
+cd libmambapy
+%pyproject_install
+%pyproject_save_files libmambapy
+cd -
+%if %{with micromamba}
+%global _vpath_builddir %{_vendor}-%{_target_os}-build-micromamba
+%cmake_install
+%else
+ln -s mamba %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/micromamba
+%endif
+
+# Install init scripts
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/etc/profile.d
+for shell in csh sh
+do
+  sed -e 's,\${\?MAMBA_EXE}\?,%{_bindir}/mamba,' < libmamba/data/mamba.$shell > %{buildroot}/etc/profile.d/mamba.$shell
+done
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d
+sed -e 's,\${\?MAMBA_EXE}\?,%{_bindir}/mamba,' < libmamba/data/mamba.fish > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d/mamba.fish
+
+# man page
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
+cp -p %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/mamba.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/
+
+%if %{with micromamba}
+# Install init scripts
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/etc/profile.d
+for shell in csh sh
+do
+  sed -e 's,\${\?MAMBA_EXE}\?,%{_bindir}/micromamba,' < libmamba/data/micromamba.$shell > %{buildroot}/etc/profile.d/micromamba.$shell
+done
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d
+sed -e 's,\${\?MAMBA_EXE}\?,%{_bindir}/micromamba,' < libmamba/data/mamba.fish > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d/micromamba.fish
+
+# man page
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
+cp -p %{_vpath_builddir}/micromamba/micromamba.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/
+%endif
+
+
+%check
+%ctest
+
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc CHANGELOG.md README.md
+%{_libdir}/libmamba.so.2
+%{_libdir}/libmamba.so.2.*
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/mamba/
+%{_libdir}/libmamba.so
+%{_libdir}/cmake/%{name}/
+
+%files -n mamba
+# TODO - better ownership of vendor_conf.d
+%dir %{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d
+%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d/mamba.fish
+/etc/profile.d/mamba.sh
+/etc/profile.d/mamba.csh
+%{_bindir}/mamba
+%if %{without micromamba}
+%{_bindir}/micromamba
+%endif
+%{_mandir}/man1/mamba.1*
+
+%if %{with micromamba}
+%files -n micromamba
+# TODO - better ownership of vendor_conf.d
+%dir %{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d
+%{_datadir}/fish/vendor_conf.d/micromamba.fish
+/etc/profile.d/micromamba.sh
+/etc/profile.d/micromamba.csh
+%{_bindir}/micromamba
+%{_mandir}/man1/micromamba.1*
+%endif
+
+%files -n python3-libmambapy -f %{pyproject_files}
+%doc CHANGELOG.md README.md
+
+
+%changelog
+%autochangelog
diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf1dce6c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+specfile_path: .distro/libmamba.spec
+
+targets:
+  - fedora-all_x86_64
+  - fedora-all_aarch64
+
+jobs:
+  - &build
+    job: copr_build
+    trigger: commit
+  - <<: *build
+    trigger: pull_request