diff --git a/make/rpmdist.mk b/make/rpmdist.mk
index e760cb60..cac387cb 100644
--- a/make/rpmdist.mk
+++ b/make/rpmdist.mk
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ pkginstall.dist: pkg-build.dist
 	@set -e; for p in $(BINARY_RPM); do \
 		if ! $(RPM) -q `basename $$p | $(SED) "s/[._]$(RPM_ARCH)\.$(RPM_SUFFIX)//; s/_\([0-9.-]\+\)$$/-\1/"` > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
 			echo + installing $$p ;\
-			sudo $(RPM) -U $$p; \
+			sudo $(RPM) -U $$(realpath $$p); \
 		fi; \
 	done
 	touch $@