diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 1f4a032a..2e79cfca 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include README LICENSE TODO MANIFEST.in ChangeLog
 include config/linkchecker-completion config/create.sql
 include config/linkcheckerrc config/linkcheck-cron.sh
 include config/logging.conf config/pycheckrc config/pylintrc
-include config/reindent.py install-linkchecker.py
+include config/reindent.py install-linkchecker.py install-rpm.sh
 include linkchecker linkchecker.1
 include cgi/lc.cgi cgi/lc.fcgi cgi/README
 include Makefile config/linkchecker.spec
diff --git a/install-rpm.sh b/install-rpm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e75ac3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-rpm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --record=INSTALLED_FILES
+# brp-compress gzips the man pages without distutils knowing...
+sed -i -e 's/linkchecker\.1/linkchecker\.1\.gz/' INSTALLED_FILES
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 03790601..5315df7c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ doc_files = README
             doc/
             cgi/lconline/
 	    test/
-            linkchecker.1
 provides = linkchecker
 group = Web/Utilities
+install_script = install-rpm.sh
 
 [bdist_wininst]
 install-script = install-linkchecker.py