diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index eaeaa75..3614e64 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ macros = \
 distro_files = \
 	distro/deb/control-v0.9b \
 	distro/ebuild/sgpemv2-0.9b.ebuild \
-	distro/rpm/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
+	distro/rpm/SPECS/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
 
 EXTRA_DIST += \
 	config/config.rpath \
diff --git a/distro/rpm/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec b/distro/rpm/SPECS/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
similarity index 88%
rename from distro/rpm/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
rename to distro/rpm/SPECS/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
index 0d717a7..f3fe096 100644
--- a/distro/rpm/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
+++ b/distro/rpm/SPECS/sgpemv2-0.9b.spec
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ URL: http://www.smoking-gnu.net/xhtml/projects.php?sgpemv2
 Packager: Paolo Santi <psanti@studenti.math.unipd.it>
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%define _sourcedir %(curdir="`pwd`"; echo "$curdir")
-%define _builddir %(curdir="`pwd`"; echo "$curdir")
+%define _topdir %(curdir="`pwd`"; echo "$curdir")
 
 %description
 SGPEM is an Italian acronym, standing for "Simulatore della Gestione
@@ -83,12 +82,23 @@ make
 make pdf
 
 %install
-cd ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/${RPM_PACKAGE_NAME}-${RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION}/build
+# create docdir:
+documents="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/%{name}"
+mkdir -p "${documents}"
+
+# install standard documentation:
+cd ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/${RPM_PACKAGE_NAME}-${RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION}
+cp AUTHORS COPYING NEWS ChangeLog "${documents}"
+
+# install everything else
+cd build
 make DESTDIR="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/${_prefix}" install-strip
 
+# install also pdf manuals
+cp doc/sgpem2uman.pdf doc/sgpem2dman.pdf "${documents}"
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc README AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS doc/sgpem2uman.pdf doc/sgpem2dman.pdf
 # This works correctly because we're using a build root:
 /
 
diff --git a/distro/rpm/readme.txt b/distro/rpm/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..696289a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/rpm/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+  Building RPMs
+-----------------
+
+Launch the build process like:
+
+    rpmbuild -bb SPECS/sgpemv2-$(version).spec
+
+where $(version) is the version you want to build
+a spec for. You'll need to put the source tbz2 into SOURCES.
+
+**** TODO: ****
+  - Explicitly list runtime dependencies