diff --git a/lensfun.spec b/lensfun.spec
index 83a65a6..c342460 100644
--- a/lensfun.spec
+++ b/lensfun.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 This package contains library and header files needed to build applications
 using lensfun.
 
+%package tools
+Summary: Tools for managing %{name} data
+License: LGPLv3
+Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%description tools
+This package contains tools to fetch lens database updates and manage lens
+adapters in lensfun.
+
 
 %prep
 %setup
@@ -60,7 +68,6 @@ pushd %{_target_platform}
   -DBUILD_DOC:BOOL=ON \
   -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=STRING=Release \
-  -DINSTALL_HELPER_SCRIPTS:BOOL=OFF \
   %{?sse} %{?sse2}
 popd
 
@@ -74,6 +81,9 @@ make install/fast DESTDIR=%{buildroot} -C %{_target_platform}
 ## unpackaged files
 # omit cmake-installed doxygen docs, we handle that manually
 rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}*
+# omit g-lensfun-update-data because it needs gksudo which we don't ship
+rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/g-lensfun-update-data \
+    %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/g-lensfun-update-data.*
 
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -92,8 +102,15 @@ rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}*
 %{_libdir}/liblensfun.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/lensfun.pc
 
+%files tools
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 19 2014 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+- reenable helper scripts
+
 * Mon Nov 17 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 0.3.0-3
 - enable sse only in %%ix86 x86_64, sse2 on x86_64, disable elsewhere