diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88dd34b3..ebf43612 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def finalize_options(self):
     def run(self):
         self.pre_sdist()
         self.run_command('sdist')
+        # Dirty hack.
+        self.copy_file("dist/%s-%s.tar.gz" % (PACKAGE, VERSION),
+                       "dist/RELEASE_%s.tar.gz" % VERSION)
         self.build_rpm()
 
     def pre_sdist(self):