diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 687d283077..d8fd6eaafd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-01-14  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
+
+	* Makefile.am (rpmdist): use rpmbuild
+
 2002-12-26  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* lyx.man: update to mention Qt frontend, remove old information
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7310d62d66..4a06fe358e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
 
-DISTCLEANFILES += lyx.1 config.status config.cache config.log 
+DISTCLEANFILES += lyx.1 config.status config.cache config.log
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/configure \
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dist-hook:
 
 rpmdist: dist
 	ln -s lib/images/lyx.xpm . ; \
-	rpm -ta $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; saved_status=$$?; \
+	rpmbuild -ta $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; saved_status=$$?; \
 	rm lyx.xpm; exit $$saved_status
 
 bindist: