diff --git a/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros b/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros
index fe333c5220..218a52a64c 100644
--- a/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros
+++ b/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # rpmmacros for the-new-hotness to build source rpms in place in /var/tmp/
 
+%_topdir .
 %_sourcedir .
 %_srcrpmdir .