diff --git a/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec b/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
index 55196b2a1..4c64faea0 100644
--- a/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
+++ b/packaging/rhel/sogo.spec
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ make CC="$cc" LDFLAGS="$ldflags" messages=yes
 
 # ****************************** install ******************************
 %install
+QA_SKIP_BUILD_ROOT=1
+export QA_SKIP_BUILD_ROOT
 
 case %{_target_platform} in
 ppc64-*)