diff --git a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
index 89f2e0e..6ee33f8 100755
--- a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ PRODUCT=scylla
 
 . /etc/os-release
 print_usage() {
-    echo "build_rpm.sh -target epel-7-x86_64 --configure-user"
+    echo "build_rpm.sh --reloc-pkg build/scylla-jmx-package.tar.gz"
     echo "  --target target distribution in mock cfg name"
     exit 1
 }
-TARGET=
+RELOC_PKG=
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
-        "--target")
-            TARGET=$2
+        "--reloc-pkg")
+            RELOC_PKG=$2
             shift 2
             ;;
         *)
@@ -33,34 +33,20 @@ pkg_install() {
     fi
 }
 
-
-if [ ! -e dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh ]; then
-    echo "run build_rpm.sh in top of scylla-jmx dir"
+if [ ! -e SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE ]; then
+    echo "do not directly execute build_rpm.sh, use reloc/build_rpm.sh instead."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$(arch)" != "x86_64" ]; then
-    echo "Unsupported architecture: $(arch)"
+if [ -z "$RELOC_PKG" ]; then
+    print_usage
     exit 1
 fi
-if [ -z "$TARGET" ]; then
-    if [ "$ID" = "centos" -o "$ID" = "rhel" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" = "7" ]; then
-        TARGET=./dist/redhat/mock/scylla-jmx-epel-7-x86_64.cfg
-    elif [ "$ID" = "fedora" ]; then
-        TARGET=$ID-$VERSION_ID-x86_64
-    else
-        echo "Please specify target"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+if [ ! -f "$RELOC_PKG" ]; then
+    echo "$RELOC_PKG is not found."
+    exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ "$TARGET" = epel-7-x86_64 ]]; then
-    TARGET=./dist/redhat/mock/scylla-jmx-epel-7-x86_64.cfg
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/mock ]; then
-    pkg_install mock
-fi
 if [ ! -f /usr/bin/git ]; then
     pkg_install git
 fi
@@ -72,18 +58,15 @@ if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pystache ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-VERSION=$(./SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN)
-SCYLLA_VERSION=$(cat build/SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE)
-SCYLLA_RELEASE=$(cat build/SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE)
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=$PRODUCT-jmx-$SCYLLA_VERSION/ HEAD -o build/$PRODUCT-jmx-$VERSION.tar
-pystache dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache "{ \"version\": \"$SCYLLA_VERSION\", \"release\": \"$SCYLLA_RELEASE\", \"product\": \"$PRODUCT\", \"$PRODUCT\": true }" > build/scylla-jmx.spec
+SCYLLA_VERSION=$(cat SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE)
+SCYLLA_RELEASE=$(cat SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE)
+VERSION=$SCYLLA_VERSION-$SCYLLA_RELEASE
 
-# mock generates files owned by root, fix this up
-fix_ownership() {
-    sudo chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -R "$@"
-}
+RPMBUILD=$(readlink -f ../)
+mkdir -p $RPMBUILD/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
 
-sudo mock --buildsrpm --root=$TARGET --resultdir=`pwd`/build/srpms --spec=build/scylla-jmx.spec --sources=build/$PRODUCT-jmx-$VERSION.tar
-fix_ownership build/srpms
-sudo mock --rebuild --root=$TARGET --resultdir=`pwd`/build/rpms build/srpms/$PRODUCT-jmx-$VERSION*.src.rpm
-fix_ownership build/rpms
+ln -fv $RELOC_PKG $RPMBUILD/SOURCES/
+pystache dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache "{ \"version\": \"$SCYLLA_VERSION\", \"release\": \"$SCYLLA_RELEASE\", \"product\": \"$PRODUCT\", \"$PRODUCT\": true }" > $RPMBUILD/SPECS/scylla-jmx.spec
+
+# this rpm can be install on both fedora / centos7, so drop distribution name from the file name
+rpmbuild -ba --define "_topdir $RPMBUILD" --undefine "dist" $RPM_JOBS_OPTS $RPMBUILD/SPECS/scylla-jmx.spec
diff --git a/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache b/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache
index 7a0bd4b..ac71f54 100644
--- a/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache
+++ b/dist/redhat/scylla-jmx.spec.mustache
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Group:          Applications/Databases
 
 License:        AGPLv3
 URL:            http://www.scylladb.com/
-Source0:        %{name}-{{version}}-{{release}}.tar
+Source0:        scylla-jmx-package.tar.gz
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  maven systemd-units java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
+BuildRequires:  systemd-units
 %{?fedora:BuildRequires: python2-pystache}
 %{?rhel:BuildRequires: pystache python-setuptools}
 Requires:       {{product}}-server java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ Requires:       {{product}}-server java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%setup -c
 
 
 %build
-mvn -B install
-mkdir build
 MUSTACHE_DIST="\"redhat\": true"
-pystache dist/common/systemd/scylla-jmx.service.mustache "{ $MUSTACHE_DIST }" > build/scylla-jmx.service
+pystache dist/common/systemd/scylla-jmx.service.mustache "{ $MUSTACHE_DIST }" > scylla-jmx.service
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -34,12 +32,12 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/
 
 install -m644 dist/common/sysconfig/scylla-jmx $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/
-install -m644 build/*.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/
+install -m644 scylla-jmx.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/
 install -d -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla
 install -d -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx
 install -d -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx/symlinks
-install -m644 target/scylla-jmx-1.0.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx/
-install -m755 scripts/scylla-jmx $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx
+install -m644 scylla-jmx-1.0.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx/
+install -m755 scylla-jmx $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx
 ln -sf /usr/bin/java $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/jmx/symlinks/scylla-jmx
 
 %pre
diff --git a/reloc/build_rpm.sh b/reloc/build_rpm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4b21b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reloc/build_rpm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. /etc/os-release
+print_usage() {
+    echo "build_rpm.sh --reloc-pkg build/scylla-jmx-package.tar.gz"
+    echo "  --reloc-pkg specify relocatable package path"
+    exit 1
+}
+RELOC_PKG=$(readlink -f build/scylla-jmx-package.tar.gz)
+OPTS=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        "--reloc-pkg")
+            OPTS="$OPTS $1 $(readlink -f $2)"
+            RELOC_PKG=$2
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            print_usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+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
+cd build/redhat/scylla-package
+exec ./dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh $OPTS