diff --git a/gimp.spec b/gimp.spec
index 0da0f35..d942018 100644
--- a/gimp.spec
+++ b/gimp.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ Summary:        GNU Image Manipulation Program
 Name:           gimp
 Epoch:          2
 Version:        2.10.0
-Release:        %{?prerelprefix}1%{dotprerel}%{dotgitrev}%{?dist}
+%global rel 1
+Release:        %{?prerelprefix}%{rel}%{dotprerel}%{dotgitrev}%{?dist}
 
 # Compute some version related macros.
 # Ugly, need to get quoting percent signs straight.