diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad666b61c0..bb44e184ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1999-10-16  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
 
+	* Makefile.am (rpmdist): added a rpmdist target
+
 	* lib/reLyX/Makefile.am: added RelyxFigure.pm and Verbatim.pm as
 	per Kayvan's instructions.
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 51fc7d1a61..1a1863d5b2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ dist-hook:
 	rm -rf `find development -name \*CVS\*` ; \
 	rm -rf `find forms -name \*CVS\*` ; \
 	rm -rf `find images -name \*CVS\*`
+
+rpmdist: dist
+	ln -s images/lyx.xpm . ; \
+	rpm -ta lyx-1.1.1.tar.gz ; \
+	rm lyx.xpm
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