diff --git a/install-rpm.sh b/install-rpm.sh
index 1b94805c..3c38df2c 100644
--- a/install-rpm.sh
+++ b/install-rpm.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 python setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --record=INSTALLED_FILES
-# 'brp-compress' gzips the man pages without distutils knowing... fix this
-sed -i -e 's@man/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
-sed -i -e 's@man/de/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/de/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
-sed -i -e 's@man/fr/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/fr/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+# 'brp-compress' compresses the man pages without distutils knowing...
+if [ -n "$( ls $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man*/*.bz2 2>/dev/null )" ]; then
+    sed -i -e 's@man/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/man\1/\2.bz2@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+    sed -i -e 's@man/de/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/de/man\1/\2.bz2@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+    sed -i -e 's@man/fr/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/fr/man\1/\2.bz2@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+else
+    sed -i -e 's@man/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+    sed -i -e 's@man/de/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/de/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+    sed -i -e 's@man/fr/man\([[:digit:]]\)/\(.\+\.[[:digit:]]\)$@man/fr/man\1/\2.gz@g' INSTALLED_FILES
+fi