diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5aab04a..d4d002a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ packaging:
     - mv ../*.{deb,dsc,buildinfo,tar.xz,changes} build/debian/
     - echo "Building RPM packages"
     - apt-get -qq -o dir::cache::archives="$APT_CACHE_DIR" install -y rpm
-    - rpmbuild -D "version `node ./version.js`" --build-in-place -bb --target noarch gridtracker.spec
+    - rpmbuild -D "version `node ./version.js`" --build-in-place --buildroot `pwd`/buildroot -bb --target noarch gridtracker.spec
     - mv $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/gridtracker-*.noarch.rpm build/rpm
 
 # copy the assets over to our distribution storage (testing, tag = test_.*)
diff --git a/gridtracker.spec b/gridtracker.spec
index 962614b..a630c3a 100644
--- a/gridtracker.spec
+++ b/gridtracker.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ make
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 # temporary hack to check if all of our files were installed properly
-find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} -ls
+find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/share/man -ls
 
 %check
 # desktop-file-validate desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop