diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 86edb9c56ac..9f3f31af1f1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include rpminstall_sh.txt
 include README
 include bin/import_xml.rng
 include bin/server.cert
diff --git a/rpminstall_sh.txt b/rpminstall_sh.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d88cc1dcf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpminstall_sh.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# This file is used by 'python setup.py bdist_rpm'
+# You should not execute/call this file yourself.
+#
+# This script is used as the 'install' part of the RPM .spec file.
+#
+# Need to overwrite the install-part of the RPM to append the
+# compression-suffix onto the filenames for the man-pages.
+#
+python setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --record=INSTALLED_FILES
+
+SUFFIX=gz
+mv INSTALLED_FILES INSTALLED_FILES.orig
+sed "s!\(/share/man/.*\)!\1.$SUFFIX!" INSTALLED_FILES.orig > INSTALLED_FILES
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..caf187e4c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[sdist]
+formats=gztar
+
+[bdist]
+formats=rpm
+
+[bdist_rpm]
+release=1
+
+requires=python >= 2.3
+#build-requires=python-devel >= 2.3
+
+#doc_files = doc/*
+
+# Need to overwrite the install-part of the RPM to patch
+# the filenames of the man pages.
+install_script=rpminstall_sh.txt