diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index 814a9f14e4..9deafc9504 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 %define snapshot %{nil}
 %define git_sha __COMMIT__
 %define realversion __VERSION__
+%define release_version __RELEASE_VERSION__
 
 %global with_nmtui 1
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ Name: NetworkManager
 Summary: Network connection manager and user applications
 Epoch: 1
 Version: %{realversion}
-Release: __RELEASE_VERSION__%{snapshot}.%{git_sha}%{?dist}
+Release: %{release_version}%{snapshot}.%{git_sha}%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Base
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/build.sh b/contrib/fedora/rpm/build.sh
index 8cfef76d41..0c5f6f2138 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/build.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "x$CHANGELOG" == x ]]; then
     cat <<EOF > "$TEMP/SOURCES/CHANGELOG"
-* $(LOCALE= date '+%a %b %d %Y') $USERNAME - %{release}
+* $(LOCALE= date '+%a %b %d %Y') $USERNAME - %{version}-%{release_version}%{snapshot}.%{git_sha}
 - Test build of NetworkManager ($DATE, $UUID)
 $(git log -n20 --date=local --format='- %h %s [%an] (%ci)')
 - ...