diff --git a/pisi/cli/buildhelper.py b/pisi/cli/buildhelper.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from os.path import basename, dirname, join
+
+from pisi.ui import ui
+from pisi.context import BuildContext
+from pisi.config import config
+from pisi.constants import const
+from pisi.build import PisiBuild, PisiBuildError
+from pisi.purl import PUrl
+from pisi.fetcher import fetchUrl
+
+class RemoteSource(object):
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        self.url = url
+        self.location = dirname(self.url.uri)
+
+        pkgname = basename(dirname(self.url.path()))
+        self.dest = join(config.tmp_dir(), pkgname)
+        
+        self.fetch_pspec()
+        pspec = join(self.dest, self.url.filename())
+        self.ctx = BuildContext(pspec)
+
+        self.fetch_actionsfile()
+        self.fetch_patches()
+        self.fetch_additionalFiles()
+
+    def fetch_pspec(self):
+        self.fetchFile(self.url.uri)
+
+    def fetch_actionsfile(self):
+        actionsuri = join(self.location, const.actions_file)
+        self.fetchFile(actionsuri)
+        
+    def fetch_patches(self):
+        spec = self.ctx.spec
+        for patch in spec.source.patches:
+            patchuri = join(self.location, 
+                            const.files_dir, patch.filename)
+            self.fetchFile(patchuri, const.files_dir)
+
+    def fetch_additionalFiles(self):
+        spec = self.ctx.spec
+        for afile in spec.source.additionalFiles:
+            afileuri = join(self.location, 
+                            const.files_dir, patch.filename)
+            self.fetchFile(afileuri, const.files_dir)
+
+    def fetchFile(self, uri, appendDest=""):
+        ui.info("Fetching %s\n" % uri)
+        dest = join(self.dest, appendDest)
+        fetchUrl(uri, dest)
+
+
+def build(pspecfile):
+    # What we need to do first is create a context with our specfile
+    url = PUrl(pspecfile)
+    if url.isRemoteFile():
+        rs = RemoteSource(url)
+        ctx = rs.ctx
+    else:
+        ctx = BuildContext(url.uri)
+    # don't do the real job here. this is just a CLI!
+    pb = PisiBuild(ctx)
+    pb.build()