diff --git a/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN b/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
index 753c982..12ef25c 100755
--- a/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+PRODUCT=scylla
 VERSION=666.development
 
 if test -f version
@@ -17,3 +18,4 @@ echo "$SCYLLA_VERSION-$SCYLLA_RELEASE"
 mkdir -p build
 echo "$SCYLLA_VERSION" > build/SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE
 echo "$SCYLLA_RELEASE" > build/SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE
+echo "$PRODUCT" > build/SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE
diff --git a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
index dabd06c..0499221 100755
--- a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
+++ b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-PRODUCT=scylla
+PRODUCT=$(cat SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE)
 
 . /etc/os-release
 print_usage() {
diff --git a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
index 61ff4fc..cd9a234 100755
--- a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-PRODUCT=scylla
+PRODUCT=$(cat SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE)
 
 . /etc/os-release
 print_usage() {
diff --git a/reloc/build_rpm.sh b/reloc/build_rpm.sh
index f4b21b3..57e57a0 100755
--- a/reloc/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/reloc/build_rpm.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ if [[ ! $OPTS =~ --reloc-pkg ]]; then
     OPTS="$OPTS --reloc-pkg $RELOC_PKG"
 fi
 mkdir -p build/redhat/scylla-package
-tar -C build/redhat/scylla-package -xpf $RELOC_PKG SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE dist/redhat
+tar -C build/redhat/scylla-package -xpf $RELOC_PKG SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE dist/redhat
 cd build/redhat/scylla-package
 exec ./dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh $OPTS
diff --git a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
index bf22d4a..e64ff30 100755
--- a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
+++ b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pathlib.Path('build/SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE').touch()
 ar.add('build/SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE', arcname='SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE')
 ar.add('build/SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE', arcname='SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE')
 ar.add('build/SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE', arcname='SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE')
+ar.add('build/SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE', arcname='SCYLLA-PRODUCT-FILE')
 ar.add('dist')
 ar.add('target/scylla-jmx-1.0.jar', arcname='scylla-jmx-1.0.jar')
 ar.add('scripts/scylla-jmx', arcname='scylla-jmx')