diff --git a/lib/query.c b/lib/query.c
index 9e68547662..fdabe6e521 100644
--- a/lib/query.c
+++ b/lib/query.c
@@ -564,12 +564,17 @@ int rpmcliArgIter(rpmts ts, QVA_t qva, ARGV_const_t argv)
     }
     case RPMQV_SPECRPMS:
     case RPMQV_SPECBUILTRPMS:
-    case RPMQV_SPECSRPM:
+    case RPMQV_SPECSRPM: {
+	char *target = rpmExpand("%{_target}", NULL);
 	for (ARGV_const_t arg = argv; arg && *arg; arg++) {
 	    ec += ((qva->qva_specQuery != NULL)
 		    ? qva->qva_specQuery(ts, qva, *arg) : 1);
+	    rpmFreeMacros(NULL);
+	    rpmReadConfigFiles(rpmcliRcfile, target);
 	}
+	free(target);
 	break;
+    }
     default:
 	for (ARGV_const_t arg = argv; arg && *arg; arg++) {
 	    int ecLocal;
diff --git a/rpmspec.c b/rpmspec.c
index 4e619247e9..36edd2f446 100644
--- a/rpmspec.c
+++ b/rpmspec.c
@@ -80,18 +80,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     case MODE_PARSE: {
 	const char * spath;
+	char *target = rpmExpand("%{_target}", NULL);
 	if (!poptPeekArg(optCon))
 	    argerror(_("no arguments given for parse"));
 
 	while ((spath = poptGetArg(optCon)) != NULL) {
 	    rpmSpec spec = rpmSpecParse(spath, (RPMSPEC_ANYARCH|RPMSPEC_FORCE), NULL);
-	    if (spec == NULL) {
+	    if (spec) {
+		fprintf(stdout, "%s", rpmSpecGetSection(spec, RPMBUILD_NONE));
+		rpmSpecFree(spec);
+	    } else {
 		ec++;
-		continue;
 	    }
-	    fprintf(stdout, "%s", rpmSpecGetSection(spec, RPMBUILD_NONE));
-	    rpmSpecFree(spec);
+	    rpmFreeMacros(NULL);
+	    rpmReadConfigFiles(rpmcliRcfile, target);
 	}
+	free(target);
 	break;
     }