diff --git a/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros b/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe333c5220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/hotness/files/rpmmacros
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# rpmmacros for the-new-hotness to build source rpms in place in /var/tmp/
+
+%_sourcedir .
+%_srcrpmdir .
diff --git a/roles/hotness/tasks/main.yml b/roles/hotness/tasks/main.yml
index 3b11176a27..5d2a8aa7e0 100644
--- a/roles/hotness/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/hotness/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
   - config
   - hotness
 
+- name: Copy over rpmmacros configuration
+  copy: src=rpmmacros dest=/etc/rpm/macros.hotness
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - hotness
+
 - name: Drop old /usr/share/fedmsg (once used for bugzilla cookies...)
   file: dest=/usr/share/fedmsg state=absent
   tags: