diff --git a/packaging/linux/rpm/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/linux/rpm/buildpackage.sh
index 9fb62de211..b23705c6e3 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/rpm/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/rpm/buildpackage.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,32 @@ sed -i "s/{VERSION_FIELD}/$PKGVERSION/" openra.spec
 rootdir=`readlink -f $2`
 sed -i "s|{ROOT_DIR}|$rootdir|" openra.spec
 
-for x in `find $rootdir -type d`
+# List files to avoid owning standard dirs.
+`find $rootdir/usr/bin -type f -print0` | xargs -0 -n 1 echo | while read x
 do
     y="${x#$rootdir}"
-    sed -i "/%files/ a ${y}" openra.spec
+    sed -i "/%files/ a \"${y}\"" openra.spec
+done
+
+`find $rootdir/usr/share/icons -type f -print0` | xargs -0 -n 1 echo | while read x
+do
+    y="${x#$rootdir}"
+    sed -i "/%files/ a \"${y}\"" openra.spec
+done
+
+`find $rootdir/usr/share/applications -type f -print0` | \
+                                  xargs -0 -n 1 echo | \
+                                  while read x
+do
+    y="${x#$rootdir}"
+    sed -i "/%files/ a \"${y}\"" openra.spec
+done
+
+# List directories only to avoid spam
+`find $rootdir/usr/share/openra -type d -print0` | xargs -0 -n 1 echo | while read x
+do
+    y="${x#$rootdir}"
+    sed -i "/%files/ a \"${y}\"" openra.spec
 done
 
 cp openra.spec "$3/SPECS/"