diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 65ec035..405197b 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ if ping -c 3 -w 20 8.8.8.8 && wget http://libguestfs.org -O /dev/null; then
   extra=
 else
   mkdir repo
-  find /var/cache/yum -type f -name '*.rpm' -print0 | xargs -0 cp -t repo
+  # -n 1 because of RHBZ#980502.
+  find /var/cache/yum -type f -name '*.rpm' -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 cp -t repo
   createrepo repo
   cat > yum.conf <<EOF
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