diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70ee1c9..bca1946 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ srpm: prerequisites
 	@git ls-files | sed 's|^|./|' > build/filelist.txt
 	@mkdir -p build/zvirt-$(VERSION)/SOURCES
 	@tar --verbatim-files-from --files-from=build/filelist.txt -cvzf build/zvirt-$(VERSION)/SOURCES/zvirt-$(VERSION).tar.gz --transform "s|^./|zvirt-$(VERSION)/|"
-	@rpmbuild --define "_topdir $$(pwd)/build/zvirt-$(VERSION)" -bs packaging/zvirt.spec
+	@rpmbuild --define "_topdir $$(pwd)/build/zvirt-$(VERSION)" --define "dist %{nil}" -bs packaging/zvirt.spec
 
 rpm: prerequisites srpm
 	@echo "Creating RPM..."
diff --git a/packaging/zvirt.spec b/packaging/zvirt.spec
index 167ad37..526c5cf 100644
--- a/packaging/zvirt.spec
+++ b/packaging/zvirt.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Name:           zvirt
 Version:        0.0.4
+%if %{defined dist}
 Release:        1%{?dist}
+%else
+Release:        1
+%endif
 Summary:        Libvirt ZFS snapshots utility
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Requires:       bash
 Requires:       libvirt
 Requires:       zfs
+BuildRequires:  make
 
 %description
 Zvirt takes snapshots of Libvirt domains using ZFS.