diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d10e67f0..c9d3f8ca 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS=doc include src test utils
 
-
 INCLUDES=-I$(top_srcdir)/include
+
+rpm: dist
+	$(MAKE) -C utils rpm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e83c0314..b2e0ced0 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ installdirs mostlyclean-generic distclean-generic clean-generic \
 maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 
+rpm: dist
+	$(MAKE) -C utils rpm
+
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: