1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b659836f..29bfe0bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ YAML_FILES+=$(shell find doc/examples -name "cloud-config*.txt" -type f )
 CHANGELOG_VERSION=$(shell $(CWD)/tools/read-version)
 CODE_VERSION=$(shell python -c "from cloudinit import version; print version.version_string()")
 
+ifeq ($(distro),)
+  distro = redhat
+endif
+
 all: test check_version
 
 pep8:
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ test:
 check_version:
 	@if [ "$(CHANGELOG_VERSION)" != "$(CODE_VERSION)" ]; then \
         echo "Error: ChangeLog version $(CHANGELOG_VERSION)" \
-        	  "not equal to code version $(CODE_VERSION)"; exit 2; \
+	     "not equal to code version $(CODE_VERSION)"; exit 2; \
     else true; fi
 
 2to3:
@@ -37,9 +41,9 @@ clean:
 
 yaml:
 	@$(CWD)/tools/validate-yaml.py $(YAML_FILES)
-		   
+
 rpm:
-	./packages/brpm
+	./packages/brpm --distro $(distro)
 
 deb:
 	./packages/bddeb