diff --git a/lib/Parse/RPM/Spec.pm b/lib/Parse/RPM/Spec.pm
index a002ea7..3224daf 100644
--- a/lib/Parse/RPM/Spec.pm
+++ b/lib/Parse/RPM/Spec.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ our $VERSION = '0.05';
 has file          => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str', required => 1 );
 has name          => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
 has version       => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
+has epoch	  => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
 has release       => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
 has summary       => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
 has license       => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' );
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ sub parse_file {
   while (<$fh>) {
     /^Name:\s*(\S+)/         and $self->{name}      = $1;
     /^Version:\s*(\S+)/      and $self->{version}   = $1;
+    /^Epoch:\s*(\S+)/        and $self->{epoch}     = $1;
     /^Release:\s*(\S+)/      and $self->{release}   = $1;
     /^Summary:\s*(.+)/       and $self->{summary}   = $1;
     /^License:\s*(.+)/       and $self->{license}   = $1;
diff --git a/t/file.spec b/t/file.spec
index 0987611..c2956d6 100644
--- a/t/file.spec
+++ b/t/file.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-Array-Compare
 Version:        1.16
+Epoch:		1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Perl extension for comparing arrays
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
diff --git a/t/parse-rpm-spec.t b/t/parse-rpm-spec.t
index 9352b35..47c2a26 100644
--- a/t/parse-rpm-spec.t
+++ b/t/parse-rpm-spec.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use Test::More tests => 10;
+use Test::More tests => 11;
 BEGIN { use_ok('Parse::RPM::Spec') };
 
 ok($spec = Parse::RPM::Spec->new( { file => 't/file.spec' } ));
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ isa_ok($spec, 'Parse::RPM::Spec');
 
 is($spec->name, 'perl-Array-Compare');
 is($spec->summary, 'Perl extension for comparing arrays');
+is($spec->epoch, 1);
 
 is($spec->version, '1.16');
 $spec->version('1.17');