diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d1574d1..4bbb7139 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ endif (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 enable_language(C ASM)
 
 project(mckernel C ASM)
-set(MCKERNEL_VERSION "1.7.0rc4")
+set(MCKERNEL_VERSION "1.7.0")
+
+# See "Fedora Packaging Guidlines -- Versioning"
+set(MCKERNEL_RELEASE "0.2")
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
 # for rpmbuild
diff --git a/scripts/mckernel.spec.in b/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
index 38f139a4..980e6fe4 100644
--- a/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
+++ b/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # mckernel spec file usage:
 # cmake /path/to/mckernel && make dist
-# put mckernel.spec to SPECS and mckernel-@MCKERNEL_VERSION@.tar.gz to SOURCES
-# rpmbuild -ba mckernel.spec
+# cp -i ./mckernel-@MCKERNEL_VERSION@.tar.gz <rpmbuild>/SOURCES
+# rpmbuild -ba scripts/mckernel.spec
 #
 # for cross compilation also pass at least the following to rpmbuild:
 # --target aarch64 -D 'kernel_version <target kernel>'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name: mckernel
 Version: @MCKERNEL_VERSION@
-Release: 0_%{ktag}%{?dist}
+Release: @MCKERNEL_RELEASE@_%{ktag}%{?dist}
 Summary: IHK/McKernel
 License: GPLv2
 Source0: mckernel-%{version}.tar.gz