diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03c708b59d1f..091a1cc4392e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -792,8 +792,8 @@ win-gvproxy: test/version/version
 	cp tmp-gv/bin/gvproxy.exe bin/windows/
 	rm -rf tmp-gv
 
-.PHONY: package
-package:  ## Build rpm packages
+.PHONY: rpm
+rpm:  ## Build rpm packages
 	$(MAKE) -C rpm
 
 ###
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@ package:  ## Build rpm packages
 # Remember that rpms install exec to /usr/bin/podman while a `make install`
 # installs them to /usr/local/bin/podman which is likely before. Always use
 # a full path to test installed podman or you risk to call another executable.
-.PHONY: package-install
-package-install: package  ## Install rpm packages
-	sudo $(call err_if_empty,PKG_MANAGER) -y install ${HOME}/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm
+.PHONY: rpm-install
+rpm-install: package  ## Install rpm packages
+	$(call err_if_empty,PKG_MANAGER) -y install rpm/RPMS/*/*.rpm
 	/usr/bin/podman version
 	/usr/bin/podman info  # will catch a broken conmon
 
diff --git a/rpm/Makefile b/rpm/Makefile
index 62fa0c075f76..58320a3acede 100644
--- a/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/rpm/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ rpm:
 		--define '_srcrpmdir %{_sourcedir}/SRPMS' \
 		--define '_builddir %{_sourcedir}/BUILD' \
 		podman.spec
+	@echo ___Undo any changes to Version, Source0 and %autosetup in rpm/podman.spec before committing.___
diff --git a/rpm/update-spec-version.sh b/rpm/update-spec-version.sh
index ec7173b1d6c9..16b174c0f82c 100644
--- a/rpm/update-spec-version.sh
+++ b/rpm/update-spec-version.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 # default. Useful for local manual rpm builds where the Version needs to be set
 # correctly.
 
-set -e
+set -eox pipefail
 
-# Script is run from git root directory
-SPEC_FILE=rpm/podman.spec
+SPEC_FILE=podman.spec
+GIT_DESCRIBE=$(git describe)
+VERSION=$(echo $GIT_DESCRIBE | sed -e 's/^v//' -e 's/-/~/g')
 
-LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=creatordate | tail -1)
-LATEST_VERSION=$(echo $LATEST_TAG | sed -e 's/^v//')
+# Generate Source0 archive from HEAD
+git-archive-all podman-$GIT_DESCRIBE.tar.gz
 
-sed -i "s/^Version:.*/Version: $LATEST_VERSION/" $SPEC_FILE
+# Update spec file to use local changes
+sed -i "s/^Version:.*/Version: $VERSION/" $SPEC_FILE
+sed -i "s/^Source0:.*/Source0: podman-$GIT_DESCRIBE.tar.gz/" $SPEC_FILE
+sed -i "s/^%autosetup.*/%autosetup -Sgit -n %{name}-$GIT_DESCRIBE/" $SPEC_FILE