diff --git a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
index 1116b41..cae28a4 100755
--- a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 SCYLLA_VER=0.00
-RPMBUILD=~/rpmbuild
+RPMBUILD=build/rpmbuild
 
 if [ ! -e dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh ]; then
     echo "run build_rpm.sh in top of scylla-jmx dir"
     exit 1
 fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/git ] || [ ! -f /usr/bin/yum-builddep ] || [ ! -f /usr/bin/rpmbuild ]; then
-    sudo yum install -y yum-utils git rpm-build rpmdevtools
+if [ ! -f /usr/bin/git ] || [ ! -f /usr/bin/mock ] || [ ! -f /usr/bin/rpmbuild ]; then
+    sudo yum install -y git mock rpm-build
 fi
 mkdir -p $RPMBUILD/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
-curdir=`basename $(pwd)`
-cd ..
-if [ "$curdir" != "scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER" ]; then
-    echo "WARNING: base directory name should be 'scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER'"
-    ln -s $curdir scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER
-fi
-tar --exclude-vcs --exclude-vcs-ignores -cpf $RPMBUILD/SOURCES/scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER.tar scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER $curdir
-if [ "$curdir" != "scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER" ]; then
-    rm scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER
-fi
-cd -
-cp dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec $RPMBUILD/SPECS
-sudo yum-builddep -y $RPMBUILD/SPECS/scylla-jmx.spec
-rpmbuild --define "_topdir $RPMBUILD" -ba $RPMBUILD/SPECS/scylla-jmx.spec
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER/ HEAD -o build/rpmbuild/SOURCES/scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER.tar
+rpmbuild -bs --define "_topdir $RPMBUILD" -ba dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec
+mock rebuild --resultdir=`pwd`/build/rpms $RPMBUILD/SRPMS/scylla-jmx-$SCYLLA_VER*.src.rpm
diff --git a/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec b/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec
index 19c0553..bc7ded3 100644
--- a/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec
+++ b/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://www.seastar-project.org/
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  maven java-1.8.0-openjdk
+BuildRequires:  maven java-1.8.0-openjdk systemd-units
 Requires:       maven java-1.8.0-openjdk scylla-server
 
 %description